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Argumentation in the Interpretation of Statutory Law and International Law: Not Ejusdem Generis
Languages, 2022 This contribution bridges three fields—pragmatics, argumentation, and law. Arguments can be seen as the verbal formulation of inferences that articulate justificatory relationships, meaning that behind every argument is at least one argumentative ...
Jennifer Smolka
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Taking stock of an idiom’s background assumptions: an alternative relevance theoretic account
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 This paper begins by presenting the theoretical background of, and the accompanying psycholinguistic findings on, idiom processing. The paper then widens its lens by comparing the idiom processing literature to that of metaphor and irony. We do so partly
Ira A. Noveck +2 more
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Nutritional labeling, communication design, and relevance
Frontiers in Communication, 2023 In this paper, I use relevance theory to explain the relative effectiveness of three different nutrition labeling systems in communicating information and influencing consumer food choices. Facts Up Front [also known as Reference intake (RI) or Guideline
Kate Scott
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Anomalies, Anomalous U(1)'s and generalized Chern-Simons terms [PDF]
, 2006 A detailed analysis of anomalous U(1)'s and their effective couplings is performed both in field theory and string theory. It is motivated by the possible relevance of such couplings in particle physics, as well as a potential signal distinguishing ...
A. Sagnotti +27 more
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Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses, 1998 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 ...
Jary, Mark
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On the relevance of percolation theory to the vulcanization transition [PDF]
, 2001 The relationship between vulcanization and percolation is explored from the perspective of renormalized local field theory. We show rigorously that the vulcanization and percolation correlation functions are governed by the same Gell--Mann-Low ...
A. B. Harris +27 more
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Strength is relevant: experimental evidence of strength as a marker of commitment
Frontiers in Communication, 2023 When relevance theory tried to express the underlying processes involved during interpretation, Sperber and Wilson posited a process of context elaboration in which interpretation is seen as a path of least effort leading to the selection of a set of ...
Kira Boulat, Didier Maillat
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Francisco Yus: Humour and Relevance
Philologia Hispalensis, 2016 Review
Manuel Padilla Cruz
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Editorial: Relevance Theory and Intercultural Communication Problems [PDF]
, 2017 This editorial to the special issue of RiL dedicated to relevance theory and problems of intercultural communication addresses the general requirements that a theory of communication must meet to be applicable to the analysis of intercultural ...
Agnieszka Piskorska +38 more
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The role of context and relevance in translating European Union texts
Вісник Київського національного лінгвістичного університету. Серія: Філологія, 2021 The article presents the nature and legitimacy of translation studies; it examines the function of a translator, its role during the translation process and the generated linguistic product from the point of view of cognitive pragmatics.
Ilona Lechner, Ilona Huszti
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