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Introduction to Pragmatics

By Betty J. Birner

Book information

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2012
ISBN
1405175826, 9781405175821
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2727292 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
340\342
Scanned
yes
Time added
2016-01-18 01:16:39

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. 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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