LINGUIST List 23.581 Fri Feb 03 2012 Books: Pragmatics/Semantics: Bardzokas Editor for this issue: Danniella Hornby <daniellalinguistlist.org> Links to the websites of all LINGUIST's supporting publishers are available at the end of this issue. Directory         1.     Paul Peranteau , Causality and Connectives: Bardzokas Message 1: Causality and Connectives: Bardzokas Date: 02-Feb-2012 From: Paul Peranteau <paulbenjamins.com> Subject: Causality and Connectives: Bardzokas E-mail this message to a friend Title: Causality and Connectives Subtitle: From Grice to relevance Series Title: Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 216 Published: 2012 Publisher: John Benjamins                 http://www.benjamins.com/ Book URL: http://benjamins.com/catalog/pbns.216 Author: Valandis Bardzokas Electronic: ISBN: 9789027275011 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 90.00 Electronic: ISBN: 9789027275011 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 135.00 Hardback: ISBN: 9789027256218 Pages: Price: U.K. £ 90.00 Hardback: ISBN: 9789027256218 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 135.00 Hardback: ISBN: 9789027256218 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 95.40 Abstract: The book explores finely-grained distinctions in causal meaning, mostly from a relevance-theoretic perspective. To increase the challenge of this double task, i.e. a thorough as well as satisfactory account of cause and a detailed assessment of the theoretical model employed to this end, the current study involves an investigation carried out by way of contrasting the prototypical causal exponents of Modern Greek subordination, i.e. 'epeiδi' and 'γiati;. In addition, this objective is achieved in the methodological framework of contrasting a range of contextual applications of the two connectives against their translated versions in English, realizable by means of 'because'. Despite first impressions, a closer observation of the wide range of applications of these markers in the discourse of coherence relations illustrates divergences in their distribution, which, in turn, are taken to highlight differing aspects of causal interpretation. The proposal for the relevance-theoretic model emanates from a reaction to an array of problems undermining traditional tenets of pragmatic theory originating with Grice's stance, but is also made in response to the common practice in pragmatic research (since its origin) to pay low regard for the contribution of typical causal markers to debates aiming at the determination of the distinction that has been instrumental to issues of cognition and pragmatic interpretation, i.e. propositional vs. non- propositional meaning. 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