Relevace theory

Relevace theory

1. It is not a theory of linguistic character, since its authors consider communication from a fundamentally psychological perspective: they start from the modular theory of the mind and try to give a formal explanation and more adequate mental processes that direct human communicative behavior, both verbal and nonverbal.

   • Communication consists of two different simultaneous processes: one based on coding and decoding, and another on ostension and inference. Are two aspects of the same phenomenon
     • Coding and ostension
       • Are made by the linguistic broadcast
     • Decoding and inference
       • They correspond to the message interpretation
     • With the linguistic form an ostensive stimulus is produced and shows the intention of making a fact or series of facts manifest.
       • This first step attracts the attention of the interlocutor, who through the inferential / deduction process and to The basis of what has been said and the contextual data must interpret the content communicated and Recognize the intention of the issuer.
         • This process is possible because speakers share the same cognitive principle,