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A Pragmatic Analysis of Discourse Connectives in the Framework of Relevance Theory
ZHOU Da-jun, REN Miao-miao, MING Rui-long
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DOI:10.17265/1539-8072/2018.01.004
Naval Aviation University, Yantai, China
Discourse connectives can be dealt with in relevance-theoretic terms, as indicators of types of relevance. These connectives can be used to constrain the interpretation of an utterance. They are analyzed in a broad classification outlined in discourse connectives which introduce contextual implications, which are concerned with strengthening and which introduce denials. A relevance based approach to discourse is a more adequate framework than a coherence based one for the analysis of discourse connectives.
pragmatics, discourse connective, relevance theory
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