creators_name: Gutt, Ernst-August
editors_name: Larson, Mildred L.
type: journalp
datestamp: 2002-12-04
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:55:06
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title: Matthew 9:4-17 in the light of relevance theory
ispublished: pub
subjects: cog-psy
subjects: ling-prag
full_text_status: public
keywords: Relevance theory, metaphor, contextual assumption, contextual implication, communication
abstract: This brief article applies insights of relevance theory to the sequence of three parables found in the passage specified.  It explores step-by-step how the interpretation process - constrained by the principle of relevance - could have proceeded, paying special attention to the likely accessibility of background information needed for deriving implicatures. It points out how such an explicit analysis can be used to evaluate rival interpretations of the text.
date: 1986
date_type: published
publication: Notes on Translation
volume: 113
publisher: Summer Institute of Linguistics
pagerange: 13-20
refereed: TRUE
referencetext: Allen, W. C. [1912] 1977. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel According to Matthew. Edinburgh: T. and T. Clark.
Gundry, R. H. 1982 Matthew. A Commentary on His Literary and Theological Art. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
Lenski, R. C. H. [1943] 1964 The Interpretation of St. Matthew's Gospel. Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House
Sperber, D., and Wilson D. 1986. Relevance: Communication and Cognition. Oxford: Basil Blackwell

citation:   Gutt, Dr Ernst-August  (1986) Matthew 9:4-17 in the light of relevance theory.  [Journal (Paginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/2635/1/Matthew_9.htm