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Relevance : Communication and Cognition by Deirdre Wilson and Dan Sperber (1996, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherWiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-100631198784
ISBN-139780631198789
eBay Product ID (ePID)698649
Product Key Features
Number of Pages338 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameRelevance : Communication and Cognition
SubjectEthics & Moral Philosophy, Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Logic, Linguistics / General
Publication Year1996
FeaturesRevised
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPhilosophy, Language Arts & Disciplines, Psychology
AuthorDeirdre Wilson, Dan Sperber
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight18 Oz
Item Length9.1 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number2
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN95-021627
Dewey Edition19
Reviews'This book ... is very likely to become a classic, not only because of its potential implications for linguistics, cognitive psychology and anthropology, but because of the range and originality of the theory it proposes.' - Pascal Engel, Revue Philosophique 'Cognitive science is very often marred by demarcation disputes and protectionist attitudes which have little or no rational basis. Occasionally, however, it works as it should and a book appears which reaches across the bread and butter lines which institutional life forces upon us. Relevance is, I think, such a book.' - Alan Leslie, Mind and Language. 'The repercussions of Relevance are likely in the long run to be great - felt first, perhaps, in the pragmatics of conversation, the philosophy of language, and reader-response criticism, but also in many other activities: construction of memory models, pedagogy, machine learning and (doubtless) advertising and propaganda.' - Alastair Fowler, London Review of Books 'I recommend this book to people interested in linguistics, philosophy of language and pragmatics, and, definitely, to people who cultivate an interest in semiotics.' - Umberto Eco, L'Expresso 'This is probably the best book you'll ever read on communication.' - Rhetoric Society Quarterly
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal001.51/01
Table Of ContentPreface to Second Edition. List of symbols. 1. Communication. 2. Inference. 3. Relevance. 4. Aspects of Verbal Communication. Postface. Notes to First Edition. Notes to Second Edition. Notes to Postface. Bibliography. Index.
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisRelevance, first published in 1986, was named as one of the most important and influential books of the decade in the Times Higher Educational Supplement. This revised edition includes a new Preface outlining developments in Relevance Theory since 1986, discussing the more serious criticisms of the theory, and envisaging possible revisions or extensions., Relevance, first published in 1986, was named as one of the most important and influential books of the decade in the Times Higher Educational Supplement. This revised edition includes a new Preface outlining developments in Relevance Theory since 1986, discussing the more serious criticisms of the theory, and envisaging possible revisions or extensions. The book sets out to lay the foundation for a unified theory of cognitive science. The authors argue than human cognition has a goal: we pay attention only to information which seems to us relevant. To communicate is to claim someone's attention, and hence to imply that the information communicated is relevant. Thus, a single property - relevance is seen as the key to human communication and cognition. A second important feature of the book is its approach to the study of reasoning. It elucidates the role of background or contextual information in spontaneous inference, and shows that non-demonstrative inference processes can be fruitfully analysed as a form of suitably constrained guesswork. It directly challenges recent claims that human central thought processes are likely to remain a mystery for some time to come. Thirdly, the authors offer new insight into language and literature, radically revising current view on the nature and goals of verbal comprehension, and in particular on metaphor, irony, style, speech acts, presupposition and implicature., Relevance, first published in 1986, was named as one of the most important and influential books of the decade in the Times Higher Educational Supplement.
LC Classification NumberBF637.C45S655 2001
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