SHORTER NOTICES conditional content is considerably underdetermined by linguistic form. She argues that baa has two rather different non-truth-conditional uses. It may be a semantic constraint on relevance, or, alternatively, it may function as a modifier of an implicit higher predicate. This idea is developed further in Wilson & Sperber (1990). In Chapter 6, Blass provides a Relevance-theoretic analysis of a number of what she calls 'defining particles', which have some of the functions of determiners. Then, in Chapter 7, she discusses the word wuu, which translates as 'all', 'each', 'every' or 'the whole'. With some singular nouns, it can be translated as either 'every' or 'the whole'. Hence, the same phrase corresponds to both 'every brook' and 'the whole brook'. Blass suggests that this is further evidence that a single form with a single meaning can be enriched into a variety of more specific meanings for pragmatic reasons. She also argues in this chapter that it is considerations of relevance and not considerations of coherence that determine what domain a quantifier ranges over. Finally, in Chapter 8, she provides an interesting discussion of the effects associated in Sissala with different choices of coordinating conjunction. In particular, she shows how Relevance theory can explain the implications of 'unexpectedness' that attach to certain cases of sentential coordination. This, then, is a work of considerable interest, which deserves to be widely read. It provides a good advertisement for Relevance theory, and it could contribute to a major shift of focus in discourse analysis.
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