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Deirdre Wilson and
Dan Sperber
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Cambridge Univ Pr
Publication date
April 23, 2012
Pages
382
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780521766777
ISBN-10
052176677X
Dimensions
1 by 6 by 9 in.
Weight
1.66 lbs.
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$115.00
Other format details
university press
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: When people speak, their words never fully encode what they mean, and the context is always compatible with a variety of interpretations. How can comprehension ever be achieved? Wilson and Sperber argue that comprehension is a process of inference guided by precise expectations of relevance. What are the relations between the linguistically encoded meanings studied in semantics and the thoughts that humans are capable of entertaining and conveying? How should we analyse literal meaning, approximations, metaphors and ironies? Is the ability to understand speakers' meanings rooted in a more general human ability to understand other minds? How do these abilities interact in evolution and in cognitive development? Meaning and Relevance sets out to answer these and other questions, enriching and updating relevance theory and exploring its implications for linguistics, philosophy, cognitive science and literary studies.
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Hardcover
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With Deirdre Wilson |
from Cambridge Univ Pr (April 23, 2012)
9780521766777 | details & prices | 382 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.66 lbs | List price $115.00
About: When people speak, their words never fully encode what they mean, and the context is always compatible with a variety of interpretations.
About: When people speak, their words never fully encode what they mean, and the context is always compatible with a variety of interpretations.
Paperback
With Deirdre Wilson |
from Cambridge Univ Pr (April 23, 2012)
9780521747486 | details & prices | 382 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.50 in. | 1.40 lbs | List price $49.99
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