Pragmatics and the English language
By: Jonathan Culpeper, Lancaster University, UK ; and Michael Haugh, Griffith University, Australia
Contributors: Haugh, Michael, author
Series: Perspectives on the English language
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9780230551732
Subjects: Pragmatics; English language; Historical Grammar; Discourse analysis; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Pragmatics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics
Description: "While covering typical pragmatics topics, this book presents a new view on pragmatics: integrative pragmatics. It is comprehensive in its coverage, yet incorporates state-of-the-art research. Examples and case studies throughout connect theory with data, and illuminate how pragmatics phenomena and concepts are realised or tempered in English"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-292) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: 1. Introduction2. Referential Pragmatics3. Informational Pragmatics4. Pragmatic Meaning I5. Pragmatic Meaning II6. Pragmatic Acts7. Interpersonal Pragmatics8. Metapragmatics9. ConclusionBibliographyIndex.