Genre, Relevance and Global Coherence The Pragmatics of Discourse Type
Description
This book seeks to explain how discourse types influence the addressee's understanding of the communicator's intention. Examining global coherence-based accounts as well as proposals based on Gricean pragmatics, it argues that the key to a solution lies in the cognitive and communicative principles of relevance proposed by Sperber & Wilson.
Keywords
Language Arts & DisciplinesLinguisticsPragmaticsPsycholinguisticsHistorical & ComparativeSemantics
2006Book
Author(s)Christoph Unger
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9781403985330
LanguageEnglish
