Relevance theory and language change

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Clark, B. 2016. Relevance theory and language change. Lingua. 175-76, pp. 139-153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lingua.2015.12.007

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Type	Article
Title	Relevance theory and language change
Authors	Clark, B.
Abstract	This paper considers how ideas developed within relevance theory can be applied in accounting for language change. It briefly surveys previous relevance-theoretic work on language change and suggests that studies of procedural meaning, lexical pragmatics and metarepresentation can each play an important role in accounting for semantic change. It identifies a number of areas for further research which could help to develop understanding of both relevance theory and language change and suggests that one important line of further research would be to explore connections between work in relevance theory and approaches which adopt terms and ideas from the theory without adopting the relevance-theoretic framework overall.
Research Group	English Language and Literature
Publisher	Elsevier
Journal	Lingua
ISSN	0024-3841
Online	12 Jan 2016
Print	01 May 2016
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Deposited	18 Dec 2015
Accepted	11 Dec 2015
Output status	Published
Accepted author manuscript	bclark_relevanceandlanguagechange_lingua_AAM_181215.pdf License CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Copyright Statement	© 2015. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Additional information	Volumes 175–176, May–June 2016, Little Words: Communication and Procedural Meaning
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lingua.2015.12.007
Language	English

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