Pragmatics
Published on 11. September 2002
106 pages
978-1-134-62759-2 (ISBN)
Description
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
introduces two highly influential approaches to pragmatics: the Co-Operative Principle and Speech Act Theory
encourages the reader to apply basic analytical tools to real data, eg. advertising language and children's conversations
provides a range of activities, discussion questions, an answer key and further reading.
encourages the reader to look at different levels of meaning within sentences
provides a basic understanding of key pragmatic concepts
introduces two highly influential approaches to pragmatics: the Co-Operative Principle and Speech Act Theory
encourages the reader to apply basic analytical tools to real data, eg. advertising language and children's conversations
provides a range of activities, discussion questions, an answer key and further reading.
Reviews / Votes
'Jean Stilwell Peccei does an excellent job of introducing the fundamental concepts in a practical and user-friendly manner.' - Aidan Coveney, Modern Language ReviewMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
College/higher education
Illustrations
3 Tables, black and white
File size
1,10 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-134-62759-2 (9781134627592)
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Person
Jean Stilwell Peccei is a Senior Research Fellow and visiting lecturer at the Roehampton Institute London
Content
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
