Evidentials and relevance / Elly Ifantidou.

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Ifantidou, Elly

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text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9789027297433
9027297436
9781588110329
158811032X
9789027251053
9027251053
128216189X
9781282161894

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Evidentials and relevance.DDC classification:

401/.43 21

LOC classification:

P325.5.E96 I35 2001eb

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Contents:

Evidentials and Relevance; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; For my children; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Speech-act theory; Chapter 3: Grice and communication; Chapter 4: Relevance theory; Chapter 5: Sentence adverbials; Chapter 6: Parentheticals; Chapter 7: Evidential particles; Chapter 8: Conclusions; Bibliography; Name Index; Subject Index; The PRAGMATICS AND BEYOND NEW SERIES.

Summary: This book uses Sperber and Wilson's Relevance Theory to show how evidential expressions can be analysed in a unified semantic/pragmatic framework. The first part surveys general linguistic work on evidentials, presents speech-act theory and examines Grice's theory of meaning and communication with emphasis on three main issues: for linguistically encoded evidentials, are they truth-conditional or non-truth-conditional, and do they contribute to explicit or implicit communication? For pragmatically inferred evidentials, is there a pragmatic framework in which they can be adequately accounted fo.

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

This book uses Sperber and Wilson's Relevance Theory to show how evidential expressions can be analysed in a unified semantic/pragmatic framework. The first part surveys general linguistic work on evidentials, presents speech-act theory and examines Grice's theory of meaning and communication with emphasis on three main issues: for linguistically encoded evidentials, are they truth-conditional or non-truth-conditional, and do they contribute to explicit or implicit communication? For pragmatically inferred evidentials, is there a pragmatic framework in which they can be adequately accounted fo.

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