Here’s a brief summary of relevance theory for anyone who’s interested. I’m just reading up on it and it seems like a potent approach for dealing with the intersection between cognition and communication. The info here is based upon the paper Relevance Theory by Deirdre Wilson and Dan Sperber.
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languageevolution.wordpress.com/2007/06/06/relevance-th...
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Relevance theory is based on a definition of relevance and two principles of relevance: a Cognitive Principle (that human cognition is geared to the maximisation of relevance), and a Communicative Principle (that utterances create expectations of optimal relevance).
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www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/PUB/WPL/02papers/wilson_sperber...
www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/PUB/WPL/02papers/wilson_sperber.pdf
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The group, which has been active since the publication in 1986 of Relevance: Communication and Cognition by Dan Sperber and Deirdre Wilson, meets weekly during term time to discuss papers of interest to research on Pragmatics and Relevance Theory.
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www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/robyn/relevance/home.htm
www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/robyn/relevance/home.htm
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Description and purchasing information for Relevance Theory: A Guide to Successful Communication in Translation ... Relevance Theory: A Guide to Successful Communication in Translation ;
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www.ethnologue.com/show_product.asp?isbn=0883128209
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Bibliography listing for Relevance Theory ... Index of SIL publications on Relevance Theory listed by country. ... See only SIL publications on Relevance Theory available online or from our bookstore...
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www.ethnologue.com/show_subject.asp?code=RET
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Relevance Theory Online Bibliographic Service (Thematic Sections) Department of English Studies; Last modified: 10 November 2009 ... Carston, R. and G. Powell (2005a) "Relevance theory – new directions and developments." In: The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Language. Eds. E. Lepore and B. Smith.
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www.ua.es/personal/francisco.yus/rt.html
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Relevance Theory Online Bibliographic Service Department of English Studies Last modified: ... Abe, K. (2008) “On echoic imperatives: A relevance-theoretic approach.” In: Relevant Worlds: Current Perspectives on Language, Translation and Relevance Theory. Eds. E. Walaszewska, M. Kisielewska-Krysiuk, A.
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www.ua.es/personal/francisco.yus/rt2.html
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Being able to show some part of a theory to be proveable is no judgement of its worth. The 'worth' of a theory must be based on its relevance and that will lie in its applicability to an area of study and its ability to explain particular problems.
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Lexical Pragmatics: Relevance Theory and Generalized Conversational Implicatures ... Recent developments in Relevance Theory (Carston 2002, 2003; Sperber & Wilson 2002, Wilson & Sperber 2002, Wilson 2000, 2002, forthcoming) lay great stress on the minimum (but much-needed) interaction between Gricean pragmatics...
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