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Relevance Relations in Discourse

A Study with Special Reference to Sissala

By: Regina Blass

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Relevance Relations in Discourse

A Study with Special Reference to Sissala

By: Regina Blass

This book uses Sperber and Wilson's relevance theory to show that connectivity in discourse is a pragmatic rather than a semantic matter: it results from relevance relations between text and context rather than from relations linguistically encoded in the text. In two introductory chapters, Regina Blass argues that relevance theory offers a more explanatory account of discourse connectivity than do alternative approaches based on notions of cohesion, coherence and topic. In subsequent chapters, she introduces data from the language Sissala and shows how relevance theory can play an important role in guiding and constraining semantic and pragmatic analyses of these data. This approach reveals unexpected results - for example the detection of an interpretive use marker in Sissala, with implications for the analysis of so-called 'hearsay phenomena' in other languages - and leads to an alternative basis for particle typology.

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300

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Cambridge University Press

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0521385156

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9780521385152

Consumer-Driven Health Care

Implications for Providers, Payers, and Policy-Makers

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

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Consumer-Driven Health Care

Implications for Providers, Payers, and Policy-Makers

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

Professor Herzlinger documents how the consumer-driven health caremovement is being implemented and its impact on insurers,providers, new intermediaries, and governments. With additionalcontributions by health care's leading strategists,innovators, regulators and scholars, Consumer-Driven HealthCare presents a compelling vision of a health care system builtto satisfy the people it serves. This comprehensive resource includes the most important thinkingon the topic and compelling case studies of consumer-driven healthcare (CDHC) in action, here and abroad, including newconsumer-driven intermediaries for information and support; typesof insurance plans; focused factories for delivering health care;personalized drugs and devices; and government roles.

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930

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John Wiley & Sons

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0787972169

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9780787972165

The History of Coffee in Guatemala

By: Regina Wagner,Cristóbal von Rothkirch,Eric Stull

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The History of Coffee in Guatemala

By: Regina Wagner,Cristóbal von Rothkirch,Eric Stull

After it emerged as a market commodity in the 18th century, coffee was easily adapted to cultivation in the highlands of Central America. Guatemala in particular has relied on coffee cultivation as a part of its economic identity: it has been a premier export crop for over 300 years. The importance of coffee to the country lies in the large labour investment in each stage of production. The book covers agricultural, social, and cultural aspects of coffee culture in Guatemala in old photographs, charts, tables and maps. Wagner's work shows how Guatemala has met the economic complexity to which this product is subject, and why coffee remains the solid foundation crop of the country today.

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234

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Villegas Asociados

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9588156017

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9789588156019

Successful Restaurant Design

By: Regina S. Baraban,Joseph F. Durocher

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Successful Restaurant Design

By: Regina S. Baraban,Joseph F. Durocher

Offers guidance to interior designers, architects, facility planners and others on various aspects of restaurant design, discussing initial considerations such as restaurant type, market, concept, and budget, and including case studies, and interviews with people involved in the design process.

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346

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John Wiley & Sons

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0471359351

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9780471359357

Book's by Regina Blass

Relevance Relations in Discourse

Relevance Relations in Discourse

Consumer-Driven Health Care

Consumer-Driven Health Care

The History of Coffee in Guatemala

The History of Coffee in Guatemala

Successful Restaurant Design

Successful Restaurant Design

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