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Relevance-theoretic lexical pragmatics : theory and applications /

This volume is one of the first books to present a comprehensive view of lexical pragmatics, describing its origins, assumptions, scope, methodology and the various approaches to it, focusing specifically on the approach offered by relevance theory. In addition to theoretical considerations, the boo...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Wałaszewska, Ewa (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Intro; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Concluding Remarks; References; Index; 1. Introduction; 2. Origins of lexical pragmatics; 3. The term 'lexical pragmatics'; 4. Neo-Gricean approaches to pragmatics; 5. The scope of lexical pragmatics; 6. Conclusion; 1. Introduction; 2. An overview of approaches to the semantics-pragmatics distinction; 3. The relevance-theoretic model of communication; 4. Utterance interpretation; 5. Conclusion; 1. Introduction; 2. Definitions of concepts
  • 3. Theories of concepts4. A relevance-theoretic approach to concepts; 5. Procedural meaning; 6. Conclusion; 1. Introduction; 2. Words and concepts in communication and cognition; 3. Resemblance and the communication of concepts; 4. Ad hoc concepts; 5. Two types of ad hoc concept formation; 6. A unified approach to ad hoc concept construction; 7. Ad hoc concept construction; 8. Signalling ad hoc concept formation; 9. Ad hoc concept formation and procedural meaning; 10. Questions about ad hoc concepts; 11. Conclusion; 1. Introduction; 2. A historical background; 3. Metaphor in relevance theory
  • 4. Conclusion1. Introduction; 2. Previous research on lexical blending; 3. Lexical blends from a pragmatic perspective; 4. Conclusion