Relevance Relations in Discourse: A Study with Special Reference to Sissala (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics)
(Part of the Cambridge Studies in Linguistics Series)
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Using data from Sissala, a previously unanalyzed language, this book shows that the analysis of text and discourse is best approached from a cognitive rather than a strictly linguistic point of view. In two introductory chapters, Regina Blass argues that Sperber and Wilson's relevance theory, a general account of communication and cognition, sheds more light on conversational data than do alternative linguistic approaches based on such notions as cohesion, coherence, and topic. In subsequent chapters, she discusses the Sissala equivalents of words such as indeed, so, after all, and also, and compares them with their English, French, and German counterparts. This book offers convincing evidence that although cultural backgrounds may vary considerably, the principles involved in utterance interpretation are universally the same.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521032040
ISBN13:9780521032049
Release Date:November 2006
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:300 Pages
Weight:0.97 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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