Understanding pragmatics
Material type: TextPublication details: London ; New York : New York : Arnold ; Oxford University Press, 1999Description: xiv, 295 p. : illustrationsISBN: 0340646241; 9780340646243; 0340646233 (pb); 9780340646236Subject(s): Pragmatics | LinguisticsDDC classification: 306.44 Online resources: Click here to access online | Click here to access onlineItem type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes Bibliography, Index.
pt. I. The pragmatic perspective. 1. Language and language use. 2. Key notions --
pt. II. Aspects of the meaningful functioning of language. 3. Context. 4. Structure. 5. Dynamics. 6. Salience --
pt. III. Topics and trends. 7. Micropragmatic issues. 8. Macropragmatic issues. 9. The pragmatic landscape.
Focusing on pragmatics in its broadest sense, this text covers social, cultural and cognitive aspects. After sketching the theoretical starting point, an understanding of pragmatics as a field of inquiry is given and the methodological issues explored with reference to specific practical research.
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