Emotive misunderstanding within an extended relevance theory

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Abstract

What is intended by the communicator and what is recovered by the addressee could be inconsistent, even if the informative intention is recognized. To account for misunderstandings in emotive communication, an extended relevance theory is proposed by including the analysis of "emotive effects" and "affective intention". The extended relevance theory allows for analyzing the production of emotive misunderstandings. The influences of interlocutors' egocentrism on the expression and recognition of affective intention are also presented.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)627-650
Number of pages24
JournalIntercultural Pragmatics
Volume15
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Dec 2018

Keywords

  • affective intention
  • egocentrism
  • emotive effect
  • emotive misunderstanding
  • extended relevance theory

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