Restrictions on the hypothesis of mutual knowledge in the communicative process

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  • Jane R. C. da Silveira Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.1995.3.2928

Keywords:

Communication, Communicative Process, Relevance Theory

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to highlight one of these controversial issues, specifically the one that refers to the rejection by S-W of the hypotheses of mutual knowledge (MK), which is replaced by the notion of mutually manifest cognitive environments. This notion is a fundamental presupposition of theory and hence of the principle of relevance (PR), and will be discussed on the basis of arguments that make it possible to clarify the true purpose of the authors.

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Author Biography

Jane R. C. da Silveira, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

Professora do Instituto de Linguística Aplicada da Faculdade de Comunicação Social da PUCRS.

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Published

2008-04-09

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da Silveira, J. R. C. (2008). Restrictions on the hypothesis of mutual knowledge in the communicative process. Revista FAMECOS, 2(3), 21–33. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.1995.3.2928

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Vol. 2 No. 3 (1995)

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