In this pioneering book Kasia Jaszczolt lays down the foundations of an original theory of
meaning in discourse, reveals the cognitive foundations of discourse interpretation, and puts …

This is a manual of literary translation and as such will be invaluable to students of
linguistics, translation, literary theory and cultural studies. Translation plays an important role …

Human beings have a wide range of linguistic choices to communicate their thoughts,
ranging from the explicit to the implicit. In either case, the utterances chosen are often less …

Abstract The objective of Default Semantics is to model utterance meaning as intended by
the Model Speaker and recovered by the Model Addressee. The constructs of model …

This paper proposes an ecological approach to the perception and interpretation of signs.
The theory draws upon the ecological approach of James Gibson (1966; 1979). It is …

Speech Act Theory: A Univen Study was undertaken to investigate the pragmatic value of
the utterances of selected students at the University of Venda, South Africa. Utterances of …

It is commonly assumed in linguistic pragmatics that the communication of implicatures
involves the addressee making inferences about the intention (s) of the speaker. The notion …

Las teorías de la argumentación jurídica ponen el centro de atención en las razones que se
deben dar para que la discrecionalidad, inherente en muchos casos a la aplicación del …

This study investigates the pragmatic status and psychological reality of four levels of
interpretation: linguistic meaning, explicature, strong implicature, and weak implicature. We …

Политический дискурс как сфера реализации манипулятивного воздействия политиков,
выступающих в роли продуцентов сообщений с доминирующей манипулятивной …