Relevance theory: pragmatics and cognition

• Published in: Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Cognitive science Vol. 6; no. 2; p. 87
• Main Author: Wearing, Catherine J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.03.2015
• Subjects: Cognition; Cognitive Science; Humans; Intention; Metaphor; Psychological Theory; Semantics

Relevance Theory is a cognitively oriented theory of pragmatics, i.e., a theory of language use. It builds on the seminal work of H.P. Grice(1) to develop a pragmatic theory which is at once philosophically sensitive and empirically plausible (in both psychological and evolutionary terms). This entr...