nam a22 c 4500 pbns.216/144009423 nljbp 250625070912.2 cr ||||||||||| 131216s2012 ne |||||||||||||||||eng|d 2011043681 9789027275011 (e-Book) nljbp eng nljbp nljbp PA1058 489/.35 23 CFG bicssc LAN009000 bisacsh Bardzokas, Valandis author Causality and Connectives From Grice to relevance Valandis Bardzokas Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2012 ©2012 1 online resource (xii, 206 pp.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 0922-842X 216 Includes bibliographical references. Chapter 1. Causal expression -- Chapter 2. Causality and implicature -- Chapter 3. Introduction to Modern Greek causal connectives -- Chapter 4. The Sweetserean approach -- Chapter 5. Relevance theory -- Chapter 6. Causality and relevance -- Conclusions -- Reference list The book explores finely-grained distinctions in causal meaning, mostly from a relevance-theoretic perspective. To increase the challenge of this double task, i.e. a thorough as well as satisfactory account of cause and a detailed assessment of the theoretical model employed to this end, the current study involves an investigation carried out by way of contrasting the prototypical causal exponents of Modern Greek subordination, i.e. epeiδi and γiati. In addition, this objective is achieved in the methodological framework of contrasting a range of contextual applications of the two connectives against their translated versions in English, realizable by means of because. Despite first impressions, a closer observation of the wide range of applications of these markers in the discourse of coherence relations illustrates divergences in their distribution, which, in turn, are taken to highlight differing aspects of causal interpretation. The proposal for the relevance-theoretic model emanates from a reaction to an array of problems undermining traditional tenets of pragmatic theory originating with Grice’s stance, but is also made in response to the common practice in pragmatic research (since its origin) to pay low regard for the contribution of typical causal markers to debates aiming at the determination of the distinction that has been instrumental to issues of cognition and pragmatic interpretation, i.e. propositional vs. non-propositional meaning. Provided by publisher. Pragmatics Semantics Bardzokas, Valandis author Hardbound version: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2012 9789027256218 DOI https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.216 JB e-Platform https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/books/9789027275011