Meaning and relevance
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Author
Contributions
- Sperber, Dan - Contributor
Publication
2012 - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England
Language
English
Word Count
95,500 words, Guess
Page Count
382 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivemeaningrelevance0000wils
- ISBN-100521747481
- ISBN-10052176677X
- ISBN-139780521747486
- ISBN-139780521766777
and 5 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2011032500
- OCLC Control Number746712284
- Better World Books9780521747486
- Better World Books9780521766777
- Open LibraryOL25343478M
Classifications
- DDC401/.43
- LCCP325 .W479 2012
- LCCP325
Description
"When people speak, their words never fully encode what they mean, and the context is always compatible with a variety of interpretations. How can comprehension ever be achieved? Wilson and Sperber argue that comprehension is a process of inference guided by precise xpectations of relevance. What are the relations between the linguistically encoded meanings studied in semantics and the thoughts that humans are capable of entertaining and conveying? How should we analyse literal meaning, approximations, metaphors and ironies? Is the ability to understand speakers' meanings rooted in a more general human ability to understand other minds? How do these abilities interact in evolution and in cognitive development? Meaning and Relevance sets out to answer these and other questions, enriching and updating relevance theory and exploring its implications for linguistics, philosophy, cognitive science and literary studies"--
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