Kate Scott

Pragmatics in English (eBook, ePUB)

An Introduction

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Pragmatics - the study of language in context, and of how we understand what other people say - is a core subject in English language, linguistics, and communication studies. This textbook introduces the key topics in this fast-moving field, including metaphor, irony, politeness, disambiguation, and reference assignment. It walks the reader through the essential theories in pragmatics, including Grice, relevance theory, speech act theory, and politeness theory. Each chapter includes a range of illustrative examples, guiding readers from the basic principles to a thorough understanding of the topics. A dedicated chapter examines how research is conducted in pragmatics, providing students with resources and ideas for developing their own projects. Featuring exercises, a comprehensive glossary, and suggestions for further reading, this book is accessible to beginner undergraduates, including those with no prior knowledge of linguistics. It is an essential resource for courses in English language, English studies, and linguistics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108875561
• Artikelnr.: 70912341

Autorenporträt

Kate Scott is a Senior Lecturer and School Director of Research at Kingston University London, and has over ten years' experience of teaching English language, linguistics, and pragmatics at undergraduate and postgraduate level. She is the author of Pragmatics Online (2022) and Referring Expressions, Pragmatics, and Style (2019), and co-editor of Relevance, Pragmatics and Interpretation (2019, with Carston and Clark).

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures
List of tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. What is pragmatics?
2. Speaker's meaning
3. Speech act theory
4. Gricean pragmatics
5. Pragmatics beyond grice
6. Relevance-theoretic pragmatics
7. Applying relevance theory
8. Figurative language
9. Politeness
10. Researching pragmatics
Glossary
References
Index.