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Concepts and Context in Relevance-Theoretic Pragmatics: New DevelopmentsEdited by Agnieszka Piskorska and Manuel Padilla Cruz
[Pragmatics 33:3] 2023
► pp. 313–323
Edited by Agnieszka Piskorska and Manuel Padilla Cruz
[Pragmatics 33:3] 2023
► pp. 313–323
Concepts and context in relevance-theoretic pragmatics
New developments
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Relevance, meaning, and understanding
- 3.Concepts in relevance-theoretic pragmatics
- 4.Context in relevance-theoretic pragmatics
- 5.Conclusion
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