recent publications pragmatics would like bring attention recent publications john benjamins publishing field pragmatics relevance theory applications implications edited robyn carston nam sun song seiji uchida university college london nara women university 1998 x 299 pp pragmatics beyond new series 37 us canada cloth 1 55619 330 0 price us 70 00 rest world cloth 90 272 5049 9 price nlg 140 john benjamins publishing web site http www benjamins com information via email service benjamins com collection papers arises meeting relevance theorists held osaka may 2930 1993 speakers conference included originators theory dan sperber deirdre wilson editors volume several japanese linguists pragmatists whose work included full breadth richness relevance theory represented applications problems utterance interpretation fall squarely within domain pragmatics implications linguistic semantics several papers investigate assess theory account figurative uses language irony metaphor metonymy central pragmatic issues include relevancedriven account generalized implicature role bridging implicatures reference assignment way different intonation patterns contribute relevance utterance application theory literary texts recently developed semantic distinction conceptually procedurally encoded meaning motivated relevancetheoretic considerations employed new accounts several japanese particles fresh perspective phenomenon metalinguistic negation volume comes comprehensive glossary relevancetheoretic terms contributions dan wilson deirdre sperber keiko tanaka reiko itani kunihiko imai nam sun song akiko yoshimura tomoko matsui seiji uchida robyn carston ken ichi seto hideki hamamoto masa aki yamanashi dan sperber deirdre wilson political discourse transition europe 19891991 edited paul chilton mikhail v ilyin jacob l mey university warwick moscow institute international relations odense university 1998 x 272 pp pragmatics beyond new series 36 us canada cloth 1 55619 329 7 price us 69 00 rest world cloth 90 272 5048 0 price nlg 138 john benjamins publishing web site http www benjamins com information via email service benjamins com year 1989 brought political upheavals central eastern southern europe effects yet ended political discourse cold war period disintegrated gave way competing alternatives contributors book linguists discourse analysts social scientists corners continent whose tools analysis shed light crucial two years transition political concepts political interaction changed dramatic sometimes violent ways contributions mikhail v ilyin paul chilton jacob mey victor sergeyev nikolai biryukov georgii pocheptsov alexandre bourmeyster ludmila minaeva marina kaul elena borisova anatolii baranov christina schiffner peter porsch kay richardson pierre achard ida kurcz christina teichmann jasna levinger discourse silence dennis kurzon university haifa 1998 vi 162 pp pragmatics beyond new series 49 us canada cloth 1 55619 811 6 price us 48 00 rest world cloth 90 272 5062 6 price nlg 96 john benjamins publishing web site http www benjamins com information via email service benjamins com book deals initially interpretation silent answer question semiotic approach contrast silence speech mainly within greimasian framework approach shows insights general relationship silence speech discussion turns application pragmatic tools conversational analysis adjacency pairs interpretation silence model presented attempts explain observer cognitive competence limits able interpret silent answer basic distinction also made intentional silence refusal answer nonintentional silence psychological inability answer interpretation silence extended theoretical viewpoint analysis various discourse types firstly silence legal world discussed mainly terms accused witness right silence especially intentionally silent answers lawyers questions develops transitivization silence right courts silence lawyers references silence witnesses right legal authorities silence broadcasting direct speech study gradually moves away direct application model silent answer addresses silencing characters literary text jane austen pride prejudice biblical text moses speech impediment exodus opera moses silence schoenberg opera moses und aron final chapter cinema initial discussion ingmar bergman silence focus shifted generation gap representation silence song mike nichols graduate bernadette martinez keck tel 215 8361200 publicity marketing fax 215 8361204 john benjamins north america email bernie benjamins com po box 27519 philadelphia pa 191180519 check john benjamins web site http www benjamins com