| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 315 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover; Book title; Contents; Preface; 1 Using and understanding language; 2 Deixis -- the relation of reference to the point of origin of the utterance; 3 Presupposition -- accommodating background knowledge; 4 Speech acts -- language as action; 5 Implicit meaning; 6 Relevance theory; 7 Metapragmatic awareness; 8 Pragmatic inference and language evolution; 9 Politeness phenomena; 10 Empirical pragmatics, interactive pragmatics, talk-in-interaction; 11 Intercultural pragmatics; 12 Doing project work in pragmatics; Afterword; Checking understanding suggestions; Glossary; References; Index |
| Summary |
A lively and engaging introduction to the study of pragmatics uniquely focussing on both theory and practice |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-309) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Pragmatics.
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pragmatics.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Sociolinguistics.
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Pragmatics
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Pragmatik
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Pragmatiek.
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Pragmatiek.
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| Genre/Form |
Lehrbuch.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781444116984 |
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1444116983 |
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0340971606 |
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9780340971604 |
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