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In:Pragmatics and Literature
Edited by Siobhan Chapman and Billy Clark
[Linguistic Approaches to Literature 35] 2019
► pp. 93–114

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Chapter 5
Misleading and relevance in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night

Published online: 5 December 2019
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https://doi.org/10.1075/lal.35.05sco
Article outline
  • 5.1Introduction
  • 5.2Relevance theory and pragmatic literary stylistics
    • 5.2.1Relevance and interpretation
    • 5.2.2Relevance, misleading and misunderstanding
    • 5.2.3Relevance and literary interpretation
  • 5.3Misleading and stylistic effects in Twelfth Night
    • 5.3.1Viola, Orsino and speaking unspeakable love
    • 5.3.2The gulling of Malvolio
    • 5.3.3Feste: A corrupter of words
  • 5.4Summary
  • Notes
  • References
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