Discourse and Relevance Theory

The Handbook of Discourse Analysis

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 100-118

  Blakemore, Diane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Communication; Relevance theory; Social behavior; Social phenomenon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948775909     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470753460.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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