Dear Stefan,
Ms. Black should read http://www.dan.sperber.com/rel-soc.htm (a paper by
Sperber & Wilson, originally published in Multilingua), and also Sperber’s
‘Explaining Culture’, a theory of culture based on just the kind of
inferential model communication RT proposes. Whilst it may be true to say
that much (most?) work within RT chooses not to focus on ‘sociocultural
context’, it is certainly not true to say that it ‘does not consider’ it.
RT has much to offer in this area.
Best wishes to all and Happy New(ish) Year,
Tim
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Tim Wharton
Department of Phonetics & Linguistics
University College London
work tel: 0207 679 3155
home tel: 01273 477281
email: timw@ling.ucl.ac.uk
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From: owner-relevance@linguistics.ucl.ac.uk
[mailto:owner-relevance@linguistics.ucl.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Stefan Malmberg
Sent: 14 January 2006 19:39
To: relevance list
Subject: RT list: RT and sociocultural context
Hello all,
In her new book Pragmatic Stylistics, (Edinburgh University Press 2006)
Elizabeth Black, a former teacher of mine, writes of RT
that "it does not consider the sociocultural context in which all language
use is negotiated" (P.115). She illustrates this with
reference to metaphor and irony, Bakhtin and Labov. I have always been under
the impression that RT is a comprehensive theory and perhaps some discussion
of the terminology it uses, such as the encyclopedia, is required. Does
anyone have any views on this?
Best wishes from Stefan
Stefan Malmberg
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