Semantics and Pragmatics

  1. Advanced Pragmatic Theories
    1. Relevance Theory
      1. Cognitive Principle of Relevance
        1. Communicative Principle of Relevance
          1. Relevance and Effort
            1. Optimal Relevance
              1. Explicature vs. Implicature
                1. Procedural vs. Conceptual Meaning
                2. Politeness Theory
                  1. Face and Face Wants
                    1. Positive Face
                      1. Negative Face
                      2. Face-Threatening Acts
                        1. Politeness Strategies
                          1. Bald On-Record
                            1. Positive Politeness
                              1. Negative Politeness
                                1. Off-Record Strategies
                                2. Cultural Variation in Politeness
                                3. Information Structure
                                  1. Topic-Comment Structure
                                    1. Focus-Background Structure
                                      1. Given vs. New Information
                                        1. Contrastive Focus
                                          1. Information Packaging
                                            1. Prosodic Realization

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