This editorial provides an overview of some of the new horizons that are visible from the pragmatic framework of relevance theory. While its roots lie firmly in linguistic pragmatics, the influence of relevance theory has spread – indeed, continues to spread – to a range of disciplines, some of which might be said to lie beyond its original domain. As well as contributing to cognitive sciences such as developmental and evolutionary psychology and the emergent domain of experimental pragmatics – relevance theory was, after all, originally conceived as a model of communication and cognition – a growing number of researchers is bringing a relevance-theoretic perspective to work in: literary and artistic studies; anthropology, cross-cultural studies and the social sciences; and disciplines as diverse as affective science, internet-mediated discourse and clinical practice.

这篇社论概述了从相关理论的实用框架中可见的一些新视野。虽然它的根源牢牢地植根于语言语用学，但关联理论的影响已经传播——事实上，还在继续传播——到一系列学科，其中一些学科可以说超出了它的原始领域。除了对发展和进化心理学等认知科学以及实验语用学的新兴领域做出贡献之外，关联理论毕竟最初被认为是一种沟通和交流的模型。认知——越来越多的研究人员正在将相关理论的视角带入以下领域：文学和艺术研究；人类学、跨文化研究和社会科学；以及情感科学、互联网媒介话语和临床实践等多样化的学科。