The inferential architecture underlying meaning in Woody Allen’s Match Point

• Ano de defesa: 2007
• Autor(a) principal: Boff, Ibsen
• Orientador(a): Costa, Jorge Campos da
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul; Porto Alegre
• Palavras-chave em Português: FILOSOFIA DA LINGUAGEM; SEMÂNTICA; PRAGMÁTICA; ANÁLISE DO DISCURSO; INFERÊNCIA; IMPLICATURAS, TEORIA DAS
• Link de acesso: http://hdl.handle.net/10923/4201

A semantics/pragmatics interface may resolve problems of indeterminacy of meaning. The current study attempts to suggest models of inferential architecture based on Grice’s Amplified Model, as proposed by Costa (1984, 2004), and on the Relevance Theoretic Framework, as envisaged by Sperber and Wilson (1986, 1995), for analyzing and interpreting Woody Allen’s Match Point (2005). Concomitantly, an empirical investigation takes place. Findings seem to suggest that meaning is inferentially processed on the basis of non-trivial logical deduction, and that the more viewers are able to predict and relate, the higher their understanding of a cinematic text will be.