Pragmatics / Chris Cummins.

By: Cummins, Chris [author.].

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Text Language of document:EnglishSeries: Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language - Advanced : ETELAA.Publisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resource (232 p.).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781474440042.Subject(s): Language & Linguistics | LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / GeneralOther classification: ER 940 Online resources: Click here to access online | Click here to access online | Cover

Contents:

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- 1 What is pragmatics? -- 2 Pragmatic theories -- 3 Implicature -- 4 Presupposition -- 5 Referring -- 6 Non-literal language -- 7 Arranging information in coherent discourse -- 8 Speech acts -- References -- Index

Title is part of eBook package:Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019Summary: An exploration of English pragmatics with a thorough integration of theoretical and experimental researchA central goal of pragmatics is to identify the capabilities that underpin our ability to communicate 'non-literal' meanings. Guiding students through the many facets of English pragmatics, this textbook discusses the ways in which people successfully convey and recover meanings that are not simply associated with the combinations of words that they use.The book draws on a broad range of data, including psycholinguistic experimentation, studies of acquisition and corpus research, and uses real examples from English to illuminate contemporary debates in pragmatics and related fields. With exercises and discussion topics at the end of each chapter, it invites students to explore how pragmatic meaning can be explained in theoretical terms and contemplate whether these explanations command empirical support.Wide-ranging treatment of the major topics in English pragmaticsThorough integration of theoretical and experimental researchAccessible introduction to relevant empirical methods, assuming no prior expertiseExtensive reference to real examples of usageExercises and discussion topics

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An exploration of English pragmatics with a thorough integration of theoretical and experimental researchA central goal of pragmatics is to identify the capabilities that underpin our ability to communicate 'non-literal' meanings. Guiding students through the many facets of English pragmatics, this textbook discusses the ways in which people successfully convey and recover meanings that are not simply associated with the combinations of words that they use.The book draws on a broad range of data, including psycholinguistic experimentation, studies of acquisition and corpus research, and uses real examples from English to illuminate contemporary debates in pragmatics and related fields. With exercises and discussion topics at the end of each chapter, it invites students to explore how pragmatic meaning can be explained in theoretical terms and contemplate whether these explanations command empirical support.Wide-ranging treatment of the major topics in English pragmaticsThorough integration of theoretical and experimental researchAccessible introduction to relevant empirical methods, assuming no prior expertiseExtensive reference to real examples of usageExercises and discussion topics

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