Pragmatics: A Resource Book for Students

A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students. Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the series offer an accessible overvi ew of the subject, with activities, study questions, sample analyses, comme ntaries and key readings - all in the same volume. The innovative and flexi ble 'two-dimensional' structure is built around four sections - introductio n, development, exploration and extension - which offer self-contained stag es for study. Each topic can also be read across these sections, enabling t he reader to build gradually on the knowledge gained. Previously published as Pragmatics and Discourse, the new edition of this b est-selling textbook: has been revised and reorganised to focus solely on pragmatics covers the core areas of the subject (context, co-text, speech acts, conver sation structure, the cooperative principle, politeness) and extends to mor e applied areas (corpora and communities, and culture and language learning ) draws on a wealth of texts, from political speeches by the British Prime Mi nister and newspaper articles from the Telegraph and the Times of India, to extracts from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Arthur Miller's play D eath of a Salesman provides classic readings from the leading scholars in the discipline, incl uding Ruth Wodak, Jonathan Culpeper, Ronald Wardhaugh and Betty Birner is accompanied by a companion website featuring extra material, activities, and advice for p.

Product Info

ISBN: 0415534372

ISBN-13: 9780415534376

Publisher: Routledge

Year: 2014

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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