Pragmatics

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.
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Pragmatics

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.
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Pragmatics

Pragmatics

by Jean Stilwell Peccei
Pragmatics

Pragmatics

by Jean Stilwell Peccei

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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
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