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Publication details [#18470]

Sperber, Dan and Deirdre Wilson. 1995. Relevance: Communication & cognition. Blackwell Publishers. xiii + 326 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Person as a subject
ISBN
0-631-19878-4
Edition
2

Annotation

This book contains a detailed argumentation for postulating two principles of relevance: a communicative and a cognitive one (human cognition is geared towards maximum relevance). A narrowly-defined sense of optimal cognitive efficiency emerges as the ultimate driving-force behind all manifestations of culture and communication.

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