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Record Nr.

UNINA9910963670703321

Autore

Noh Eun-Ju

Titolo

Metarepresentation : a relevance-theory approach / / Eun-Ju Noh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, PA, : John Benjamins Pub., c2000

ISBN

9786612163210

9781282163218

1282163213

9789027299017

9027299013

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Collana

Pragmatics & beyond, , 0922-842X ; ; new series 69

Classificazione

ER 640

Disciplina

401/.43

Soggetti

Semantics

Quotation

Grammar, Comparative and general - Indirect discourse

Relevance

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-236) and index.

Nota di contenuto

METAREPRESENTATION -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Metarepresentation in Communication -- Chapter 1. Analyses of Quotation -- Chapter 2. Relevance Theory and Metarepresentational Use -- Chapter 3. Metalinguistic Negation -- Chapter 4. Echo Questions -- Chapter 5. Metarepresentational Uses in Conditionals -- Epilogue -- Notes -- References -- Index -- PRAGMATICS AND BEYOND NEW SERIES.

Sommario/riassunto

Eun-Ju Noh's book provides a close look at linguistic metarepresentation showing how beliefs, utterances, and propositions are represented and how they are inferred. The author explains how metarepresentation works in various types of uses: quotations, negation, echo questions, and conditionals in terms of truth conditions and pragmatic enrichment. Ample examples are provided from the English language.The relevance-theory approach gives room for extralinguistic parameters to be considered, and suggestions are made



for further research in cross-linguistic studies and metarepresentation.