Pragmatics

Pragmatics

by Peccei, Jean Stilwell

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"In Pragmatics, the study of meaning derived from context, Jean Stilwell Peccei offers a practical introduction to this core area of linguistics." "Pragmatics encourages the reader to look at different levels of meaning within sentences; provides a basic understanding of key pragmatic concepts such as sentence and utterance, entailment, presupposition, implicature and direct and indirect speech acts; introduces two highly influential approaches to pragmatics: the co-operative principle and spee…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Pragmatics / Jean Stilwell Peccei.

Summary

"In Pragmatics, the study of meaning derived from context, Jean Stilwell Peccei offers a practical introduction to this core area of linguistics." "Pragmatics encourages the reader to look at different levels of meaning within sentences; provides a basic understanding of key pragmatic concepts such as sentence and utterance, entailment, presupposition, implicature and direct and indirect speech acts; introduces two highly influential approaches to pragmatics: the co-operative principle and speech act theory; and provides a range of activities, discussion questions, sample answers and further reading."--Résumé de l'éditeur.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:1999.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Routledge
  • Place of Publication:London
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:1999.

Notes

Titre de l'écran-titre (visionné le 11 juillet 2008).

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 ressource en ligne (ix, 96 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9786610253630, 6610253633
  • oclc:ocn300337934
  • LC Classification:P99.4.P72
  • Dewey Decimal:306.44

Table of Contents

1. What is pragmatics? -- 2. Entailment -- 3. Presupposition -- 4. The co-operative principle and implicature -- 5. More on implicatures -- 6. Speech acts -- 7. More about speech acts -- 8. Politeness -- 9. Making sense -- 10. Exploring pragmatics : projects.

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