Metarepresentation a relevance-theory approach - No, Ŭn-ju (John Benjamins Pub., 2000)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-236) and index
Introduction: Metarepresentation in Communication -- - Ch. 1 - Analyses of Quotation -- - Ch. 2 - Relevance Theory and Metarepresentational Use -- - Ch. 3 - Metalinguistic Negation -- - Ch. 4 - Echo Questions -- - Ch. 5 - Metarepresentational Uses in Conditionals
Eun-Ju Noh's book provides a close look at linguistic metarepresentation showing how beliefs, utterances, and propositions are represented and how they are inferred. The author explains how metarepresentation works in various types of uses: quotations, negation, echo questions, and conditionals in terms of truth conditions and pragmatic enrichment. Ample examples are provided from the English language. The relevance-theory approach gives room for extralinguistic parameters to be considered, and suggestions are made for further research in cross-linguistic studies and metarepresentation