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020			_a9781139028370 (ebook)
020			_z9780521766777 (hardback)
020			_z9780521747486 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP _dBD-SySUS.
050	0	0	_aP325 _b.W479 2012
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100	1		_aWilson, Deirdre, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aMeaning and Relevance / _cDeirdre Wilson, Dan Sperber.
246	3		_aMeaning & Relevance
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2012.
300			_a1 online resource (396 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aWhen 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.
650		0	_aSemantics
650		0	_aRelevance
650		0	_aInference
650		0	_aCognition
700	1		_aSperber, Dan, _eauthor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521766777
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139028370
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c38131 _d38131