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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22100 Mariehamn
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Finland
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