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Slurs and expletives: a case against a general account of expressive meaning (2014)
Journal Article
Blakemore, D. (2015). Slurs and expletives: a case against a general account of expressive meaning. Language Sciences, 52, 22-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.langsci.2014.06.018

This paper argues against the case for treating slurs alongside expletives in a general account of expressive meaning (cf Hedger, 2102, 13; Kaplan, 1997; Richard, 2008). Working within a relevance theoretic account of communication (. Sperber and Wil... Read More about Slurs and expletives: a case against a general account of expressive meaning.

Discourse markers in free indirect style and interpreting (2013)
Journal Article
Blakemore, D., & Gallai, F. (2014). Discourse markers in free indirect style and interpreting. Journal of Pragmatics, 60, 106-120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2013.11.003

This paper contributes to the discussion of how free indirect style (FIS) and interpreter's renditions are accommodated in a relevance theoretic approach to communication. Within relevance theory, it has been argued that FIS and interpreting are case... Read More about Discourse markers in free indirect style and interpreting.

Voice and expressivity in free indirect thought representations : imitation and representation (2013)
Journal Article
Blakemore, D. (2013). Voice and expressivity in free indirect thought representations : imitation and representation. Mind and Language, 28(5), 579-605. https://doi.org/10.1111/mila.12035

This paper addresses issues in the philosophy of fiction from the perspective of a relevance theoretic approach to communication. Its departure point is the assumption found in both pretence approaches to irony (e.g. Currie 2002, 2006, 2010, Recanat... Read More about Voice and expressivity in free indirect thought representations : imitation and representation.

Discourse markers in police interpreting: Illusions of invisibility (2012)
Journal Article
Blakemore, D., & Gallai, F. Discourse markers in police interpreting: Illusions of invisibility. Manuscript submitted for publication

Discourse markers in police interpreting: illusions of invisibility This paper applies Blakemore’s (2010) relevance theoretic analysis of the role of discourse markers (DMs) in free indirect thought (FIT) representations to the role played by simila... Read More about Discourse markers in police interpreting: Illusions of invisibility.

Discourse markers in police interpreting: Illusions of invisibility (2012)
Journal Article
Blakemore, D., & Gallai, F. Discourse markers in police interpreting: Illusions of invisibility. Manuscript submitted for publication

Discourse markers in police interpreting: illusions of invisibility This paper applies Blakemore’s (2010) relevance theoretic analysis of the role of discourse markers (DMs) in free indirect thought (FIT) representations to the role played by simila... Read More about Discourse markers in police interpreting: Illusions of invisibility.

On the descriptive ineffability of expressive meaning (2011)
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Blakemore, D. (2011). On the descriptive ineffability of expressive meaning. Journal of Pragmatics, 43(14), 3537-3550. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2011.08.003

On the descriptive ineffability of expressive meaning This paper addresses the question of whether there can be a unitary account of expressive meaning by considering the descriptive ineffability of expressives such as damn or bastard, on the one ha... Read More about On the descriptive ineffability of expressive meaning.

On the descriptive ineffability of expressive meaning (2011)
Journal Article
Blakemore, D. (2011). On the descriptive ineffability of expressive meaning. Journal of Pragmatics, 43(14), 3537-3550. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2011.08.003

On the descriptive ineffability of expressive meaning This paper addresses the question of whether there can be a unitary account of expressive meaning by considering the descriptive ineffability of expressives such as damn or bastard, on the one ha... Read More about On the descriptive ineffability of expressive meaning.

Communication and the representation of thought: the use of audience directed expressions in free indirect thought representations (2009)
Journal Article
Blakemore, D. (2009). Communication and the representation of thought: the use of audience directed expressions in free indirect thought representations. Journal of Linguistics, 47(1), 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022226709990375

This paper examines the use of audience-directed or inherently communicative expressions(discourse markers and interjections) in free indirect thought representations in fiction. It argues that the insights of Banfield’s (1982) no-narrator approach... Read More about Communication and the representation of thought: the use of audience directed expressions in free indirect thought representations.