33.69, Books: Verbal Communication and Cognition in Galician: Rosales Sequeiros

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Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2022 22:15:02
From: Ulrich Lueders [contact at lincom.eu]
Subject: Verbal Communication and Cognition in Galician: Rosales Sequeiros

 


Title: Verbal Communication and Cognition in Galician 
Series Title: LINCOM Studies in Romance Linguistics 85  

Publication Year: 2021 
Publisher: Lincom GmbH
	   http://www.lincom-shop.eu
	

Book URL: https://lincom-shop.eu/epages/57709feb-b889-4707-b2ce-c666fc88085d.sf/de_DE/?ObjectPath=/Shops/57709feb-b889-4707-b2ce-c666fc88085d/Products/%22ISBN%209783969390801%22 


Author: Xosé Rosales Sequeiros

Hardback: ISBN:  9783969390801 Pages: 296 Price: Europe EURO 144


Abstract:

This book explores current pragmatic theory applied to Galician, focussing on
a number of key aspects within utterance interpretation, communication and
cognition. It involves applications of pragmatic theory to various areas of
Galician language mentioned below. In doing so, it critically considers
earlier approaches to the study of pragmatic interpretation, including,
particularly, the Gricean approach to linguistic communication.

The book argues that this earlier approach to pragmatics does not measure up
to critical analysis and is thus subject to a number of counterexamples. In
particular, the evidence shows that Gricean pragmatics doesn’t provide either
a sufficient or necessary basis for a comprehensive and unified account of
utterance interpretation.

An alternative approach is then discussed based on the notion of relevance, as
developed within Relevance Theory, which integrates the role of context and
cognition within linguistic communication. This alternative view shows that it
is possible to provide a unified account of pragmatics by taking into account
two fundamental aspects about human cognition: processing effort and cognitive
effects. The interaction between these aspects and communicative cognition
provides the basis for a comprehensive account of utterance interpretation,
which resolves many of the problems encountered by earlier approaches.

In applying and developing these pragmatic concepts, a number of areas are
covered within Galician. Firstly, the current framework is considered as a
general approach to Galician pragmatics. Secondly, the distinction between
explicit and implicit meaning is applied to a range of constructions in
Galician. Thirdly, there is a discussion on the role of pragmatics in
disambiguation processes in Galician. Finally, the new approach is applied to
irony and metaphor in Galician, including a discussion on the new research
area of lexical pragmatics.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
                     Linguistic Theories
                     Pragmatics

Subject Language(s): Galician (glg)


Written In: English  (eng)

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