References

• Sperber, Dan and Deirdre Wilson. (1987) Precis of Relevance: Communication and Cognition. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 10, 697-754.
• Sperber, Dan and Deirdre Wilson. "Relevance Theory" in G. Ward and L. Horn (eds) Handbook of Pragmatics. Oxford: Blackwell, 607-632. [1]

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Self-check questions:

1. What are the typical assumption of pragmatic theories?
2. Are all utterances relevant?
3. Invent situations where the use of certan phrases would be irrelevant.

Inferences:

The abstract below will undoubtedly broaden your horizons in the sphere of relavance theory. Make notes on the main points of the abstract and add them to the main information on relevance.

RELEVANCE THEORY