Genre, Relevance and Global Coherence The Pragmatics of Discourse Type |
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| Author:
| Unger, C. |
| Series title: | Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language and Cognition Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-230-28820-1 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2006 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $130.00 |
Book Description:
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This book seeks to explain how discourse types influence the addressee's understanding of the communicator's intention. Examining global coherence-based accounts as well as proposals based on Gricean pragmatics, it argues that the key to a solution lies in the cognitive and communicative principles of relevance proposed by Sperber & Wilson.
This book seeks to explain how discourse types influence the addressee's understanding of the communicator's intention. Examining global coherence-based accounts as well as proposals based on Gricean pragmatics, it argues that the key to a solution lies in the cognitive and communicative principles of relevance proposed by Sperber & Wilson.