The eleven original papers collected in this volume address themselves to some of the central issues in the relevance theoretic research programme since the 199

How hearers arrive at intended meaning, which elements encode processing instructions in certain languages, how procedural meaning and prosody interact, how div

The present volume covers a variety of topics which are at the centre of interest in pragmatic research: understanding and believing, reference, politeness, com

Many of the papers included in this volume were first presented at the 5th International Pragmatics Conference held in July 1996 in Me×ico City. Topics covered

The Handbook of Pragmatics is a collection of newly commissioned articles that provide an authoritative and accessible introduction to the field, including an o