This textbook provides an introduction to pragmatics from the point of view of Sperber and Wilson′s Relevance Theory. The first part lays down the foundations of a relevance theoretic approach to utterance understanding, which is then applied to the analysis of a range of phenomena which are central to pragmatics.
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"A clearly written textbook. Punctuated with straightforward exercises and a useful recommended reading list." Journal of Pragmatics
Diane Blakemore is Lecturer in Linguistics at Southampton University. Her book on Semantic Constraints on Relevance was published by Blackwell in 1987.
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