Search results for " Relevance Theory"
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ABDUCTIVE INFERENCES IN PRAGMATIC PROCESSES
2018
Abstract In pragmatic theories, the notion of inference plays a central role, together with the communicative act in which it is activated. Although some scholars, such as Levinson, Sperber and Wilson, propose detailed and accurate analyses of this notion, we will maintain that these analyses can be better systematized if seen through Peirce’s notion of abduction. We will try to maintain that the variety of inferential processes in play in a linguistic act is mostly of an abductive nature. Moreover, we will maintain that the typological tripartition of abductions discussed by Eco (1981) allows to account for a signi cant part of the mechanisms involved in the comprehension of an utterance, …
Immagine e riconoscimento. Modelli pragmatici e iconografia
2020
È possibile applicare i modelli offerti dalla pragmatica del linguaggio, con particolare riferimento ai lavori di Sperber & Wilson, Robyn Carston e Kasia Jaszczolt, alla comprensione delle immagini della pittura figurativa. Il tema, dibattuto soprattutto nell’ambito dei metaphor studies, ha avuto un recente sviluppo: per esempio Forceville e Clark2 (2014) hanno provato ad utilizzare il frame teorico della Relevance theory per descrivere i meccanismi linguistico-cognitivi che utilizziamo nella comprensione di un’immagine. A nostro parere questi tentativi difettano del dialogo con gli strumenti, elaborati nell’ambito della storia dell’arte e dei Visual Studies e e tendono a consegnarci un…
Some thoughts about the conceptual / procedural distinction in translation: a key-logging and eye-tracking study of processing effort
2014
This article builds on the conceptual / procedural distinction postulated by Relevance Theory to investigate processing effort in translation task execution. Drawing on relevance-theoretic assumptions, it assumes that instances related to procedural encodings will require more effortful processing not only in relation to the time spent on the task but also in terms of product indicators such as seconds per word and number of micro translation units per word. Drawing on key-logging and eye-tracking data, the article shows that there are statistically significant differences when conceptual and procedural encodings are analysed in selected areas of interest, with instances related to procedur…
Il triangolo non l'avevo considerato. Metafora, immagini mentali proposizioni tra Relevance Theory e Perceptual Symbol Theory.
2020
In this paper we will show the need for a multimodal approach to the study of metaphorical utterances. We will discuss this hypothesis showing potentials and limits of the metaphor studies conducted within Relevance Theory, which has represented the most authoritative and radical theoretical framework based on the propositional character of metaphorical utterances. In particular, we will focus on the last papers by Carston (2010, 2018), in which it is recognized that the comprehension of complex and poetic metaphors could involve the activation of mental images. We will discuss the problem that the notion of mental imagery poses to Relevance Theory and we will try to overcome these problems…
Lexical Pragmatics: Relevance Theory and Generalized Conversational Implicatures
2003
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