Pragmatics

by Jean Stilwell Peccei

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134627585
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/11/2002
Series:	Language Workbooks
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	106
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

'Jean Stilwell Peccei does an excellent job of introducing the fundamental concepts in a practical and user-friendly manner.' - Aidan Coveney, Modern Language Review

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