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INTRODUCTION TO PRAGMATICS
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By: |
Betty J. Birner |
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Paperback |
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ISBN 10: |
1405175834 |
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9781405175838 |
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Publisher: |
JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD |
Pub. date: |
17 August, 2012 |
Series: |
Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics |
Pages: |
340 |
Description: |
Introduction to Pragmatics guides students through traditional and new approaches in the field, focusing particularly on phenomena at the elusive semantics/pragmatics boundary to explore the role of context in linguistic communication. |
Synopsis: |
Introduction to Pragmatics guides students through traditional and new approaches in the field, focusing particularly on phenomena at the elusive semantics/pragmatics boundary to explore the role of context in linguistic communication. * Offers students an accessible introduction and an up-to-date survey of the field, encompassing both established and new approaches to pragmatics * Addresses the traditional range of topics such as implicature, reference, presupposition, and speech acts as well as newer areas of research, including neo-Gricean theories, Relevance * Theory, information structure, inference, and dynamic approaches to meaning * Explores the relationship and boundaries between semantics and pragmatics * Ideal for students coming to pragmatics for the first time |
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UK |
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Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd) |
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