Ewa Wałaszewska
List of John Benjamins publications in which Ewa Wałaszewska is involved.
Articles
2023 Non-literal uses of proper names in XYZ constructions: A relevance theory perspective Concepts and Context in Relevance-Theoretic Pragmatics: New Developments, Piskorska, Agnieszka and Manuel Padilla Cruz (eds.), pp. 368–392 | Article
The paper focuses on non-literal uses of proper names in XYZ constructions, such as the use of the personal name Donald Trump in Boris Johnson is the Donald Trump of UK politics or ‘5G’ is the Donald Trump of telecom, and argues that such uses can be best accounted for by relevance theory. While… read more
2020 Chapter 1. Category extension as a variety of loose use Relevance Theory, Figuration, and Continuity in Pragmatics, Piskorska, Agnieszka (ed.), pp. 25–43 | Chapter
The chapter focuses on category extension, typically illustrated by the use of salient brand names such as Hoover for any vacuum cleaner, and seeks to provide a comprehensive discussion of this relevance-theoretic notion. Category extension is regarded as part of the continuum of loose uses,… read more