Relevance Theory

by Billy Clark

Book Overview

Over the past twenty years, relevance theory has become a key area of study within semantics and pragmatics. In this comprehensive new textbook, Billy Clark introduces the key elements of the theory and how they interconnect. The book is divided into two parts - the first providing an overview of the essential machinery of the theory, and the second exploring how the original theory has been extended, applied and critically discussed. Clark offers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521702410
• ISBN13: 9780521702416
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 420 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.6" x 9.5"