Introduction to Pragmatics
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See moreIntroduction 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.
Introduction to Pragmatics guides students through both 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. It 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, making it ideal for students coming to pragmatics for the first time.
Series: Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics
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The Modern Language Journal praises the book as an accessible introduction for graduate and upper-level undergraduate students, using real-life examples to clarify pragmatics. The LINGUIST List highlights its compelling discussion on the boundary between semantics and pragmatics.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781405175838
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 17 August 2012
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 18.0mm
Width: 170.0mm
Height: 239.0mm
Weight: 590g
Pages: 352
About the Author
Betty J. Birner is Professor of Linguistics in the Department of English at Northern Illinois University. She is the author of several books, including The Discourse Function of Inversion in English (1996), Information Status and Noncanonical Word Order in English (with Gregory Ward, 1998), and Drawing the Boundaries of Meaning: Neo-Gricean Studies in Pragmatics and Semantics in Honor of Laurence R. Horn (with Gregory Ward, 2006).
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