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Download full textKu-Mesu, Katalin Egri – Edinburgh Working Papers in Applied Linguistics, 1997
A study applied Relevance Theory to interpretation of texts written in Ghanaian English, particularly those intended for reading by multiple audiences. The nature of such "hybrid" texts is examined and key principles of Relevance Theory are outlined. Relevance is defined in terms of contextual effect and processing effort. Contextual…
Descriptors: Audience Response, Communication Problems, Cultural Relevance, English
