--- 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.' altloc: [] chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: ~ confdates: ~ conference: ~ confloc: ~ contact_email: ~ creators_id: [] creators_name: - family: Gutt given: Ernst-August honourific: Dr lineage: '' date: 1986 date_type: published datestamp: 2002-12-04 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/26/35 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: ~ edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: [] editors_name: - family: Larson given: Mildred L. honourific: '' lineage: '' eprint_status: archive eprintid: 2635 fileinfo: /style/images/fileicons/text_html.png;/2635/1/Matthew_9.htm full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: pub issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: 0 item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: 'Relevance theory, metaphor, contextual assumption, contextual implication, communication' lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:55:06 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: show note: ~ number: ~ pagerange: 13-20 pubdom: FALSE publication: Notes on Translation publisher: Summer Institute of Linguistics 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 relation_type: [] relation_uri: [] reportno: ~ rev_number: 8 series: ~ source: ~ status_changed: 2007-09-12 16:46:06 subjects: - cog-psy - ling-prag succeeds: ~ suggestions: ~ sword_depositor: ~ sword_slug: ~ thesistype: ~ title: Matthew 9:4-17 in the light of relevance theory type: journalp userid: 3214 volume: 113