Understanding Utterances: An Introduction to Pragmatics

by Diane Blakemore

This textbook provides an introduction to pragmatics from the point of view of Sperber and Wilson's Relevance Theory. The first part lays down the foundations of a relevance theoretic approach to utterance understanding, which is then applied to the analysis of a range of phenomena which are central to pragmatics.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0631158677
• ISBN13: 9780631158677
• Release Date: July 1992
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.8" x 9.6"