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An edition of The pragmatics reader (2011)

The pragmatics reader

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This reader is a collection of classic texts in pragmatics and also reflects current developments in contemporary pragmatics. It includes substantial editorial commentary in the form of a detailed introduction and section introductions as well as further reading and references.

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Routledge
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English
Pages
529

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 1. Introduction
Dawn Archer and Peter Grundy 2. Linguistic Pragmatics. Editors' introduction to Section 2. 2.1. How To Do Things With Words
J. L. Austin 2.2. Indirect Speech Acts
John R. Searle 2.3. Logic and Conversation
H. P. Grice 2.4. Western Linguistics: An Historical Introduction
Pieter A. M. Seuren 2.5. Pragmatic Presuppositions
Robert C. Stalnaker 3. Post-Gricean Pragmatics. Editors' introduction to Section 3. 3.1. Neo-Gricean Pragmatics 3.1.1. Presumptive Meanings
Stephen C. Levinson 3.1.2. Some Perspectives On Lexical Pragmatics
Reinhard Blutner 3.2. Relevance Theory 3.2.1. Relevance Theory
Diane Blakemore 3.2.2. Recent Developments In Relevance Theory
Billy Clark 3.2.3. Thoughts and Utterances
Robyn Carston 3.2.4 The Mapping Between the Mental and the Public Lexicon
Dan Sperber and Deirdre Wilson 4. Indexicality. Editors' introduction to Section 4. 4.1. DEIXIS
Stephen C. Levinson 4.2. Alternate Grounds in the Interpretation of Deictic Expressions
Jo Rubba 4.3. Notes on the Role of Metapragmatic Awareness
Jef Verschueren 5. Historical Pragmatics. Editors' introduction to Section 5. 5.1. The Role Of Pragmatics In Semantic Change
Elizabeth Close Traugott 5.2. Pragmatic Markers In English: Grammaticalization And Discourse Functions
Laurel J. Brinton 5.3. Diachronic Speech Act Analysis: Insults From Flyting To Flaming
Andreas H. Jucker and Irma Taavitsainen 6. Politeness, Face and Impoliteness. Editors' introduction to Section 6. 6.1. On Face-Work: An Analysis Of Ritual Elements In Social Interaction
Erving Goffman 6.2. Politeness: Some Universals in Language Usage
Penelope Brown and Stephen C. Levinson 6.3. Relational Work And Impoliteness: Negotiating Norms Of Linguistic Behaviour
Miriam A. Locher and Richard J. Watts 6.4. Impoliteness And Entertainment In The Television Quiz Show: The Weakest Link
Jonathan Culpeper 7. Cross-cultural and intercultural pragmatics. Editors' introduction to Section 7. 7.1. Cross-Cultural Pragmatics: Requests and Apologies
Shoshana Blum-Kulka, Julianne House and Gabriele Kasper 7.2. Why Can't Learners Of JFL Distinguish Polite From Impolite Speech Styles?
Haruko Minegishi Cook 7.3. Intercultural Pragmatics
Istvan Kecskes 8. Pragmatics and Conversation
Development and Impairment. Editors' introduction to Section 8. 8.1. Pragmatic Development
Anat Ninio and Catherine E. Snow 8.2. Discourse, Pragmatics, Conversation, Analysis
Emanuel A. Schegloff 8.3. Conversations With An Alzheimer's Patient
Heidi Ehrenberger Hamilton 9. Pragmaticians on Pragmatics. Editors' introduction to Section 9. 9.1. Against Rationalistic Pragmatics
Roman Kopytko 9.2. Pragmatics In The Late Twentieth Century: Countering Recent Historiographic Neglect
Jon F. Pressman 9.3. From the Ideal, the Ordinary, and the Orderly to Conflict and Violence in Pragmatic Research
Charles L. Briggs 10. Theory and Practice in Pragmatics
Dawn Archer

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Abingdon, Oxon, New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
401/.45
Library of Congress
P99.4.P72 P746 2011, P99.4.P72P746 2011

The Physical Object

Pagination
xi, 529 p. :
Number of pages
529

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL24880889M
ISBN 10
0415546591, 0415546605, 0203831373
ISBN 13
9780415546591, 9780415546607, 9780203831373
LCCN
2010032702
OCLC/WorldCat
548660332

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL15975798W

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