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Understanding Utterances: An Introduction to Pragmatics (Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics) - Hardcover

 
9780631190028: Understanding Utterances: An Introduction to Pragmatics (Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics)

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Synopsis

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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Review

"A clearly written textbook. Punctuated with straightforward exercises and a useful recommended reading list." Journal of Pragmatics

About the Author

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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  • PublisherWiley–Blackwell
  • Publication date1992
  • ISBN 10 0631190023
  • ISBN 13 9780631190028
  • BindingHardcover
  • LanguageEnglish
  • Number of pages208

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9780631158677: Understanding Utterances: An Introduction to Pragmatics: 6 (Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics)

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Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1992
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