Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Taking as points of departure modern pragmatic theory and the information-theoretic view of communication offered by Levinson, this paper re-defines the notion of “genre” as a primarily top-down functioning kind of pre-existing, conventionalized package deal in construing meaning. As a consequence, this paper argues for relativizing the role of code (langue), given information in favor of pre-existing pragmatic-functional knowledge in “making meaning”. This discussion is focused on law, which is where the issue of whether and how much meaning is “in the text”, and what it means to be “in the text” is theoretically and practically paramount.
Source: Languages
Author: Dieter Stein
Institution: Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Language: English
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,591
OpenAlex ID: W4403773048