Related Term(s):

• meaningful
• significant

Source(s):

COLLINGE 1990202 (informative intention)
MARTINET 1964[trans.]175
NÖTH 199055, 134
BEAUGRANDE & DRESSLER 19818-9
HALLIDAY 197819-20 (informative function)
RICHARDS etal. 1992104 (informative function)
LEVINSON 1983101
LYONS 197733
GRICE 197545
GRIMES 1975280

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• MARTINET, André. (1964 [trans.]) Elements of General Linguistics. Chicago: University of Chicago. 
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• LYONS, John. (1977) Semantics. Vols. 1 & 2. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press.
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• GRIMES, Joseph E. (1975) The Thread of Discourse. The Hague: Mouton.