Relevance Relations in Discourse - A Study With Special Reference to Sissala

List of contents

Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations and symbols; Maps; Introduction; 1. What is discourse?; 2. Relevance theory and discourse; 3. The interpretive-use marker ré; 4. Constraints on relevance and particle typology; 5. Baa: truth-conditional or non-truth-conditional particle?; 6. Defining in Sissala; 7. Meanings and domains of universal quantification; 8. Co-ordination and stylistic effects; Notes; References; Index.

Summary

Using the language Sissala, this book offers convincing evidence that although cultural backgrounds may vary widely, principles involved in utterance interpretation are universal.

Product details

• Authors: Regina Blass, Blass Regina
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.11.1990
• EAN: 9780521385152
• ISBN: 978-0-521-38515-2
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: African Studies Series
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics