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Relevance Theory: More than Understanding
Author(s): Agnieszka Piskorska (Author, Editor)
- Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
- Publication Date: 3 Aug. 2012
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 380 pages
- ISBN-10: 144384019X
- ISBN-13: 9781443840194
Book Description
The present volume covers a variety of topics which are at the centre of interest in pragmatic research: understanding and believing, reference, politeness, communication problems, stylistics, metaphor, and humour. Next to innovative theoretical proposals, there are interesting analyses and discussions.
Editorial Reviews
Review
. . . the book presents new developments relating to some issues which have been explored in Relevance Theory since its advent in the 1980s and it will be essential reading for all those working within the framework of Relevance Theory. –Vladimir egarac, Department of Language and Communication, University of Bedfordshire
This book will be essential reading for anyone interested in Relevance Theory. The papers collected here cover a wide range of topics, exploring important areas of current debate and developing ideas which will make significant contributions to the development of the theory itself and to the ways in which it can be applied. –Billy Clark, Senior Lecturer in English Language, Middlesex University
About the Author
Ewa Wałaszewska and Agnieszka Piskorska are Assistant Professors at the Institute of English Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland. They are also co-editors of a number of publications related to Relevance Theory. Ewa Wałaszewska’s principal interests lie within the fields of semantics and pragmatics, including Relevance Theory, its applications to the study of particular linguistic phenomena as well as its theoretical implications for the investigation of human communication and cognition. Agnieszka Piskorska’s interests have been invariably connected with a relevance-theoretic approach to text interpretation and its impact on the hearer, especially in humour and translation studies.
