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Relevance 2e

Relevance 2e

Sperber
Wilson D

Paperback

General ReferenceLinguisticsGeneral Psychology

ISBN10: 0631198784
ISBN13: 9780631198789
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: Dec 30 1995
Pages: 338
Weight: 1.13
Height: 0.98 Width: 6.02 Depth: 9.04
Language: English
Relevance, first published in 1986, was named as one of the most important and influential books of the decade in the Times Higher Educational Supplement. This revised edition includes a new Preface outlining developments in Relevance Theory since 1986, discussing the more serious criticisms of the theory, and envisaging possible revisions or extensions.

The book sets out to lay the foundation for a unified theory of cognitive science. The authors argue than human cognition has a goal: we pay attention only to information which seems to us relevant. To communicate is to claim someone's attention, and hence to imply that the information communicated is relevant. Thus, a single property - relevance is seen as the key to human communication and cognition.

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