recent publication pragmatic bring attention recent publication john benjamin publish field pragmatics relevance theory application implication edite robyn carston nbe sun song seijus uchida university college london nara women s university x pp pragmatic beyond sery us canada cloth price us rest world cloth price nlg john benjamin publish web site http www benjamin com further information vium email service benjamin com collection papers arise meet relevance theorist hold osaka speaker conference include both originator theory dan sperber deirdre wilson editor volume several japanese linguist pragmatist whose work include full breadth richness relevance theory represent here both application problem utterance interpretation fall squarely within domain pragmatic implication linguistic semantics several papers investigate assess theory s account figurative language irony metaphor metonymy central pragmatic issue include relevancedriven account generalize implicature role bridge implicature reference assignment different intonation pattern contribute relevance utterance application theory literary text recently develop semantic distinction between conceptually procedurally encode mean motivate relevancetheoretic consideration employ account several japanese particle fresh perspective phenomenon metalinguistic negation volume comprehensive glossary relevancetheoretic term contribution dan wilson deirdre sperber keiko tanaka reiko itanus kunihiko imaus nbe sun song akiko yoshimura tomoko matsuus seijus uchida robyn carston ken ichus seto hidekus hamamoto masa akus yamanashus dan sperber deirdre wilson political discourse transition europe edite paul chilton mikhail v ilyin jacob l mey university warwick moscow institute international relation odense university x pp pragmatic beyond sery us canada cloth price us rest world cloth price nlg john benjamin publish web site http www benjamin com further information vium email service benjamin com bring political upheaval central eastern southern europe effect yet end political discourse cold war period disintegrate compete alternative contributor book linguist discourse analyst social scientist corner continent whose tool analysis shed light crucial two transition during political concept political interaction change dramatic sometime violent contribution mikhail v ilyin paul chilton jacob mey victor sergeyev nikolaus biryukov georgius pocheptsov alexandre bourmeyster ludmilum minaeva marina kaul elena borisova anatolius baranov christina schiffner peter porsch kay richardson pierre achard ida kurcz christina teichmann jasna levinger discourse silence denni kurzon university haifa vus pp pragmatic beyond sery us canada cloth price us rest world cloth price nlg john benjamin publish web site http www benjamin com further information vium email service benjamin com book deal initially interpretation silent answer question semiotic approach contrast between silence speech mainly within greimasian framework approach show insight general relationship between silence speech discussion turn application pragmatic tool conversational analysis adjacency pair interpretation silence model present attempt explain observer s cognitive competence limit able interpret silent answer basic distinction between intentional silence refusal answer nonintentional silence psychological inability answer interpretation silence extend theoretical viewpoint analysis various discourse type firstly silence legal world discuss mainly term accuse s witness s right silence especially intentionally silent answer lawyer question develop transitivization silence right court silence lawyer reference silence witness right legal authority silence broadcast direct speech study gradually move away direct application model silent answer address silence character literary text jane austen s pride prejudice biblical text mose speech impediment exodus opera mose silence schoenberg s opera mose und aron final chapter cinema here after initial discussion ingmar bergman s silence focus shift generation gap representation silence song mike nichol graduate bernadette martinez keck tel publicity market fax john benjamin north america email bernie benjamin com po box philadelphium pa check john benjamin web site http www benjamin com 