Understanding Pragmatics (Understanding Language)

Verschueren, Jef

ISBN 10: 0340646241 / ISBN 13: 9780340646243

Published by Hodder Education Publishers, 1998

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Understanding Pragmatics (Understanding ...

Publisher: Hodder Education Publishers

Publication Date: 1998

Binding: hardcover

Condition: Good

Book Type: book

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Synopsis:

This textbook focuses on pragmatics in its broadest sense, covering the social, cultural and cognitive aspects. The first section of the book sketches a theoretical starting point for the exposition, making use of a limited prior knowledge of some general linguistic concepts. The second section provides the building blocks for an understanding of pragmatics as a potentially coherent field of inquiry, while the third explores methodological issues with reference to specific practical research questions.

Review:

By adopting an interdisciplinary approach, the author provides a useful introduction to not only pragmatics but also discourse analysis and cognitive semantics.
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