The relationship between generative grammar and (relevance-theoretic) pragmatics

Language and Communication

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 87-103

  Carston, Robyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discourse competence; Economy of effort; Linguistic competence; Modularity; Performance; Procedural semantics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347316322     PISSN: 02715309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0271-5309(99)00020-8     Document Type: Article

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