Dear Bob
I can't think of anything immediately in the Relevance literature, but
where the items 'look' and 'listen', in this function, would fall in
Sinclair and Coulthard's discourse analysis framework is under the
category of 'Focus'. ('Focus' and 'Frame' being ACTs, which are
[optional] constituents of an opening MOVE in, e.g. a Question and
Answer EXCHANGE.)
If you hear of any Relevance-Theory treatment, I'd be interested to
hear, since I've got a DPhil candidate working on procedural meaning
who might find it useful.
David Cram
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Subject: RT list: Look and listen
Does anyone know of any relevance theory work on the use 'look' and
'listen' to introduce utterances which are important in some way?
Bob Borsley
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