Subject: books : pragmatics

now available : proceedings of the university of herfordshire relevance theory workshop . edited by marjolein groefsema isbn 0-952 - 9901 - 0 - 5 this volume contains fifteen of the papers that were presented at the university of hertfordshire rt workshop , which was held in hatfield peverel from 27-29 october 1995 . the aim of the workshop was to bring together researchers working within the framework of relevance theory to dicuss their research and exchange ideas . the papers presented in this volume reflect the wide range of topics that are currently being studied from a relevance theoretical perspective , while some of the papers critically assess aspects of relevance theory . table of contents : a pragmaticization process affecting norwegian negatives with scalar expressions . thorstein fretheim relevance , referring expression , and the givenness hierarchy . jeanette gundel and ann mulkern relevance and the peircean conception of truth . william downes the awsome efficiency of what is false . gloria origgi and adriano palma conceptual and procedural encoding : criteria for the identification of linguistically encoded procedural information . steve nicolle concepts and word meaning . marjolein groefsema relevance and the manipulation of the incongruous : some explorations on verbal humour . carmen curco relevance theory and augmentative and alternative communication . john clibbens ellipsis and inference kaja borthen , thorstein fretheim and randi alice nilsen representation and relevance in human reasoning . simon handley and edward buck the relevance of face calibration koenraad kuiper relevance theory and extraposed relative clauses . yael ziv the relevance of relevance theory to syntactic phenomena : relevance theory and the extraction from relative clauses . tali rubovitz issues in developmental " theory of mind " research from the point of view of relevance theory . szabolcs kiss " if you would like to burn your mouth feel free " : a relevance - theoretic account of conditionals used to children . susan foster - cohen and erika konrad price including p & p : uk 10 . 00 pounds sterling europe 11 . 00 pounds sterling rest of the world 13 . 00 pounds sterling to order : please send a cheque , made out to peter thomas , or an international money order to the address below . unfortunately , there are no facilities to handle credit cards . peter thomas and associates ' the sticks ' , cardfields lane hatfield peverel , chelmsford cm3 2nr uk _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ dr marjolein groefsema dept . of linguistics email : m . groefsema @ herts . ac . uk university of hertfordshire tel . + 1707 285699 ( direct line ) watford campus aldenham herts . wd2 8at uk
