Is relevance theory asocial?

This paper challenges the view that Sperber & Wilson's Relevance Theory is intrinsically asocial. To this effect, it is firstly shown how Relevance Theory provides a more satisfactory explanation of the 'politeness' of imperative sentences than Brown & Levinson'...

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Main Author: Jary, Mark
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Alicante 1998-11-01
Series:Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses
Online Access:https://raei.ua.es/article/view/1998-n11-is-relevance-theory-asocial