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Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100194372073
ISBN-139780194372077
eBay Product ID (ePID)1645978
Product Key Features
Number of Pages152 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NamePragmatics
Publication Year1996
SubjectForeign Language Study / General, English As a Second Language, Linguistics / Pragmatics
TypeLanguage Course
Subject AreaForeign Language Study, Language Arts & Disciplines, Juvenile Nonfiction
AuthorGeorge Yule, H. G. Widdowson
SeriesOxford Introduction to Language Study Ser.
FormatPerfect
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight6.7 Oz
Item Length7.7 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceEnglish as a Second Language
Dewey Edition20
Reviews'The strength of this book lies in the conciseness of the description of each separate area.' - ELT Journal, ''The strength of this book lies in the conciseness of the description of each separate area.''ELT Journal, 'The strength of this book lies in the conciseness of the description ofeach separate area.' - ELT Journal
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal306.44
Table Of ContentPrefaceSECTION 1SurveySyntax, semantics, and pragmaticsRegularityThe pragmatics wastebasketPerson deixisSpatial deixisTemporal deixisDeixis and grammarReferential and attributive usesNames and referentsThe role of co-textAnaphoric referencePresuppositionTypes of presuppositionThe projection problemOrdered entailmentsThe cooperative principleHedgesConversational implicatureGeneralized conversational implicaturesScalar implicaturesParticularized conversational implicaturesProperties of conversational implicaturesConventional implicaturesSpeech actsIFIDsFelicity conditionsThe performative hypothesisSpeech act classificationDirect and indirect speech actsSpeech eventsPolitenessFace wantsNegative and positive faceSelf and other: say nothingSay something: off and on recordPositive and negative politenessStrategiesPre-sequencesConversation analysisPauses, overlaps, and backchannelsConversational styleAdjacency pairsPreference structureDiscourse analysisCoherenceBackground knowledgeCultural schemataCross-cultural pragmaticsSECTION 2ReadingsSECTION 3ReferencesSECTION 4Glossary
SynopsisThis book outlines pragmatics, the study of how people make sense of each other linguistically. Basic concepts such as the cooperative principle, deixis, and speech acts are explained and illustrated, providing readers with an ideal foundation for further study., This is an introduction to pragmatics, the study of how people make sense of each other linguistically. The author explains, and illustrates, basic concepts such as the co-operative principle, deixis, and speech acts, providing a clear, concise foundation for further study.