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Introduction to Pragmatics
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Description| Publisher | John Wiley & Sons (UK) |
| Author(s) | Betty J. Birner |
| Edition | 1 |
| Published | 17th August 2012 |
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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.
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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