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Paradigms of Reading: Relevance Theory and Deconstruction
Ian Mackenzie
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Description for Paradigms of Reading: Relevance Theory and Deconstruction
Hardcover. This text seeks to shows that relevance theory is a more plausible account of communications, cognition and literary interpretation than the deconstruction theory that Paul de Man elaborated from readings of Rousseau, Hegel and Nietzsche. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
Linguistic signs do not coincide with intended or interpreted meanings. For relevance theory, this theoretical commonplace merely demonstrates the inferential nature of language. For Paul de Man, on the contrary, it suggested that language is unstable, random, arbitrary, mechanical, ironic and inhuman. This book seeks to show that relevance theory is a more plausible account of communication, cognition and literary interpretation than the deconstructionist theory de Man elaborated from readings of Rousseau, Hegel and Nietzsche.
Linguistic signs do not coincide with intended or interpreted meanings. For relevance theory, this theoretical commonplace merely demonstrates the inferential nature of language. For Paul de Man, on the contrary, it suggested that language is unstable, random, arbitrary, mechanical, ironic and inhuman. This book seeks to show that relevance theory is a more plausible account of communication, cognition and literary interpretation than the deconstructionist theory de Man elaborated from readings of Rousseau, Hegel and Nietzsche.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
237
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333968338
SKU
V9780333968338
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About Ian Mackenzie
IAN MACKENZIE is an English language teacher, teacher trainer and coursebook writer and the author of numerous articles on linguistics and literary theory. He teaches at the Haute Ecole de Gestion, Lausanne.
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