Pragmatics

In Pragmatics, the study of meaning derived from context, Jean Stilwell Peccei offers a practical introduction to this core area of linguistics.

Zusatztext 'Jean Stilwell Peccei does an excellent job of introducing the fundamental concepts in a practical and user-friendly manner.' - Aidan Coveney! Modern Language Review Informationen zum Autor Jean Stilwell Peccei is a Senior Research Fellow and visiting lecturer at the Roehampton Institute London Klappentext 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 sentencesprovides a basic understanding of key pragmatic conceptsintroduces two highly influential approaches to pragmatics: the Co-Operative Principle and Speech Act Theoryencourages the reader to apply basic analytical tools to real data, eg. advertising language and children's conversationsprovides a range of activities, discussion questions, an answer key and further reading. Zusammenfassung In Pragmatics, the study of meaning derived from context, Jean Stilwell Peccei offers a practical introduction to this core area of linguistics. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Autorentext

Jean Stilwell Peccei is a Senior Research Fellow and visiting lecturer at the Roehampton Institute London

Inhalt

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