1. Preface; 2. List of contributors; 3. Part I. Introduction; 4. 1. The pragmatic perspective (by Verschueren, Jef); 5. 2. Four dimensions of language use (by Clark, Herbert H.); 6. Part II. The Bipersonal Dimension; 7. Introduction; 8. 3. Contextual exploitation of interpretation clues in text understanding: An integrated model (by Dascal, Marcelo); 9. 4. Cross-cultural and developmental sources of pragmatic generalizations (by Ervin-Tripp, Susan M.); 10. 5. Minimization and conversational inference (by Levinson, Stephen C.); 11. 6. Reference to persons in conversation (by Fornel, Michel de); 12. 7. Avoiding personal reference in Finnish (by Hakulinen, Auli); 13. 8. Implicit involvement in interactive writing (by Ostman, Jan-Ola); 14. 9. Pragmatic formatives (by Fraser, Bruce); 15. 10. Complaints: A study of speech act behavior among native and non-native speakers of Hebrew (by Olshtain, Elite); 16. Part III. The Audience Dimension; 17. Introduction; 18. 11. Context-discourse matching in baby talk (by Franco, Fabia); 19. 12. Towards a pragmatic approach to modality: The case of permissive can and may (by Vanparys, Johan); 20. 13. Communication: Beyond the cognitive approach and speech act theory (by Castelfranchi, Cristiano); 21. 14. Pragmatic factors and strategies in discourse production (by Zammuner, Vanda Lucia); 22. 15. The pragmatics of argumentation (by Kienpointner, Manfred); 23. Part IV. The Layered Dimension; 24. Introduction; 25. 16. A theory of verbal irony and a Chinookan pattern of verbal exchange (by Hymes, Dell H.); 26. 17. Introductions of story characters in interactive and non-interactive narration (by Redeker, Gisela); 27. 18. Making arrangements: Five-part proposal-acceptance sequences in Dutch telephone conversations (by Houtkoop-Steenstra, J.P.); 28. 19. Models in descriptive meaning interpretation (by Petofi, Janos Sander); 29. 20. Silent speech acts and their cognitive effects (by Murray, Dinah K.C.); 30. Part V. The Temporal Dimension; 31. Introduction; 32. 21. Pragmatics and intonation (by Fretheim, Thorstein); 33. 22. Pragmatic as against grammatical factors in the determination of accent placement (by Fuchs, Anna); 34. 23. Temporal expressions in Korean (by Lee, Chungmin); 35. 24. Stability and change in VN/NV alternating languages: A study in pragmatics and linguistic typology (by Hopper, Paul J.); 36. 25. Conversational relevance (by Holdcroft, David); 37. 26. The pragmatic motivation of syntactic and semantic perspective (by Bolkestein, A. Machtelt); 38. 27. Aspects of the interaction of syntax and pragmatics: Discourse coreference mechanisms and the typology of grammatical systems (by Van Valin Jr., Robert D.); 39. 28. The pragmatics of indirect anaphors (by Erku, Feride); 40. 29. Communicative reference with pronouns (by Farmer, Ann K.); 41. 30. Processing connectives and the pragmatics of discourse (by Caron, Jean); 42. 31. Cohesion in Hopi narrative (by Shaul, David L.); 43. 32. Text understanding and lexical knowledge (by Schwarze, Christoph); 44. 33. Turns at writing: The organization of correspondence (by De Rycker, Antoon); 45. 34. Psychological or communicative reality: On the speaker's point of view (by Junger, Judith); 46. 35. Where is the meaning of verbal discourse? (by Hjelmquist, Erland); 47. Part VI. Foundations and Applications; 48. Introduction; 49. 36. The distinction between pragmatics and semantics (by Davis, Steven); 50. 37. Semantics, pragmatics, and text semiotics (by Eco, Umberto); 51. 38. Pragmatics and cognition: On explaining language (by Nuyts, Jan); 52. 39. Pragmatics and Wittgenstein: Ostensive and non-descriptive definition (by Burton-Roberts, Noel); 53. 40. Pragmatics and language rehabilitation (by Perfetti, Carlos C.); 54. References; 55. Index
