Introduction to Pragmatics
1st Edition
Wiley · Print & ebook · September 24, 2012
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- Who it’s for
- Betty J. Birner surveys established and newer approaches while examining context and the semantics-pragmatics boundary.
- Themes
- Semantics and pragmatics, Context in linguistic communication, Implicature and speech acts
- Genres
- Pragmatics, Semantics
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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. - 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
The Semantics Boundary
Betty J. Birner surveys established and newer approaches while examining context and the semantics-pragmatics boundary.
Come here for
- Implicature, reference, presupposition, and speech acts
- Neo-Gricean theories, Relevance Theory, and dynamic approaches to meaning
Expect
- Traditional topics including reference and speech acts
- Newer research areas including information structure and inference
Where it sits
| Pragmatics | 100% |
|---|---|
| Semantics | 80% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Pragmatics
- Semantics
- How Media Works
- Authors
- Betty J. Birner
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- September 24, 2012
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Semantics and pragmatics · Context in linguistic communication · Implicature and speech acts
- Reading lane
- Pragmatics