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Principles of Pragmatics

Author : Geoffrey N. Leech
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317869478
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book Principles of Pragmatics written by Geoffrey N. Leech and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-17 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the years, pragmatics - the study of the use and meaning of utterances to their situations - has become a more and more important branch of linguistics, as the inadequacies of a purely formalist, abstract approach to the study of language have become more evident. This book presents a rhetorical model of pragmatics: that is, a model which studies linguistic communication in terms of communicative goals and principles of 'good communicative behaviour'. In this respect, Geoffrey Leech argues for a rapprochement between linguistics and the traditional discipline of rhetoric. He does not reject the Chomskvan revolution of linguistics, but rather maintains that the language system in the abstract - i.e. the 'grammar' broadly in Chomsky's sense - must be studied in relation to a fully developed theory of language use. There is therefore a division of labour between grammar and rhetoric, or (in the study of meaning) between semantics and pragmatics. The book's main focus is thus on the development of a model of pragmatics within an overall functional model of language. In this it builds on the speech avct theory of Austin and Searle, and the theory of conversational implicature of Grice, but at the same time enlarges pragmatics to include politeness, irony, phatic communion, and other social principles of linguistic behaviour.

The Pragmatics of Politeness

Author : Geoffrey N. Leech
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195341384
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book The Pragmatics of Politeness written by Geoffrey N. Leech and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This readable book presents a new general theoretical understanding of politeness. It offers an account of a wide range of politeness phenomena in English, illustrated by hundreds of examples of actual language use taken largely from authentic British and American sources. Building on his earlier pioneering work on politeness, Geoffrey Leech takes a pragmatic approach that is based on the controversial notion that politeness is communicative altruism. Leech's 1983 book, Principles of Pragmatics, introduced the now widely-accepted distinction between pragmalinguistic and sociopragmatic aspects of politeness; this book returns to the pragmalinguistic side, somewhat neglected in recent work. Drawing on neo-Gricean thinking, Leech rejects the prevalent view that it is impossible to apply the terms 'polite' or 'impolite' to linguistic phenomena. Leech covers all major speech acts that are either positively or negatively associated with politeness, such as requests, apologies, compliments, offers, criticisms, good wishes, condolences, congratulations, agreement, and disagreement. Additional chapters deal with impoliteness and the related phenomena of irony ("mock politeness") and banter ("mock impoliteness"), and with the role of politeness in the learning of English as a second language. A final chapter takes a fascinating look at more than a thousand years of history of politeness in the English language.

Teaching, Learning and Investigating Pragmatics

Author : Sara Gesuato
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443883328
Total Pages : 565 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book Teaching, Learning and Investigating Pragmatics written by Sara Gesuato and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-18 with total page 565 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents a collection of research papers investigating how to foster the learning and teaching of pragmatic phenomena, as well as how to administer tests that assess pragmatic competence in second/foreign language education with regards to several target languages. The topics investigated include: speech acts; computer-mediated communication; conversation analysis; pragmatic, intercultural, and emotional competence; native and non-native performance; data collection and instructional methods; needs analysis; and syllabus design and materials development. The contributions will be of particular interest to linguists, language learners and teachers, teacher trainers, and communication experts.

Intelligent Systems

Author : Robert J. Schalkoff
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Learning
ISBN 13 : 0763780170
Total Pages : 787 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (637 download)

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Download or read book Intelligent Systems written by Robert J. Schalkoff and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2011-08-24 with total page 787 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Artificial Intelligence has changed significantly in recent years and many new resources and approaches are now available to explore and implement this important technology. Intelligent Systems: Principles, Paradigms, and Pragmatics takes a modern, 21st-century approach to the concepts of Artificial Intelligence and includes the latest developments, developmental tools, programming, and approaches related to AI. The author is careful to make the important distinction between theory and practice, and focuses on a broad core of technologies, providing students with an accessible and comprehensive introduction to key AI topics.

Pragmatics: The Basics

Author : Billy Clark
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000423921
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Pragmatics: The Basics written by Billy Clark and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pragmatics: The Basics is an accessible and engaging introduction to the study of verbal and nonverbal communication in context. Including nine chapters on the history of pragmatics, current theories, the application of pragmatics, and possible future developments in the field, this book: Offers a comprehensive overview of key ideas in contemporary pragmatics and how these have developed from and beyond the pioneering work of the philosopher Paul Grice; Draws on real-world examples such as political campaign posters and song lyrics to demonstrate how we convey and understand direct and indirect meanings; Explains the effects of verbal, nonverbal, and multimodal communication and how the same words or behaviour can mean different things in different contexts, including what makes utterances more or less polite; Highlights key terms and concepts throughout and provides chapter-end study questions, further reading suggestions, and a glossary. Written by an experienced researcher and teacher, this book will be an essential introduction to this topic for all beginning students of English Language and Linguistics.

Explorations in Semantics and Pragmatics

Author : Geoffrey N. Leech
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027225060
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Explorations in Semantics and Pragmatics written by Geoffrey N. Leech and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1980 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this book is to show the way forward to a coherent view of language in which the achievement of the formalist paradigm is strengthened to the extent that its claims are weakened. A formal theory such as generative grammar is a special theory which is to be subsumed in a general theory of linguistic communication that also includes pragmatics. The tension between the psycho-formalist and the socio-functional views could be resolved in a synthesis whereby both the psychological and social natures of language are fully acknowledged. Semantics and pragmatics, representing these two natures in the study of meaning, have distinct goals, which can be defined more clearly and pursued more effectively to the extent that both their distinctness and their interdependence are recognized.

Pragmatics

Author : Joan Cutting
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000244822
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Pragmatics written by Joan Cutting and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-11-25 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 overview of the subject, with activities, study questions, sample analyses, commentaries, and key readings – all in the same volume. The innovative and flexible ‘two-dimensional’ structure is built around four sections – introduction, development, exploration, and extension – that offer self-contained stages for study. Each topic can also be read across these sections, enabling the reader to gradually build on the knowledge gained. Now in its fourth edition, this best-selling textbook: Covers the core areas of the subject: speech acts, the cooperative principle, relevance theory, corpus pragmatics, politeness theory, and critical discourse analysis Has updated and new sections on intercultural and cross-cultural pragmatics, critical discourse analysis and the pragmatics of power, second language pragmatic competence development, impoliteness, post-truth discourse, vague language, pragmatic markers, formulaic sequences, and online corpus tools Draws on a wealth of texts in a variety of languages, including political TV interviews, newspaper articles, extracts from classic novels and plays, recent international films, humorous narratives, and exchanges on email, messaging, Facebook, Twitter, and WhatsApp Provides recent readings from leading scholars in the discipline, including Jonathan Culpeper, Lynne Flowerdew, and César Félix-Brasdefer Is accompanied by eResources featuring extra material and activities. Written by two experienced teachers and researchers, this accessible textbook is an essential resource for all students of English language and linguistics.

Computer Science Project Work

Author : Sally Fincher
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1447137000
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (471 download)

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Download or read book Computer Science Project Work written by Sally Fincher and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ninety percent of any Computing Science academic staff are involved with project work at some stage of their working life. Often they have no previous experience of how to handle it, and there are no written guidelines or reference books at the moment. Knowledge and practical experiences are often only disseminated from one institution to another when staff change jobs. This book is the first reference work to fill that gap in the market. It will be of use to lecturers and course designers who want to improve their handling of project work in specific courses, and to department heads and deans who want to learn about overall strategic issues and experiences from other institutions.

Pragmatics for Language Educators

Author : Virginia LoCastro
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136965904
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (369 download)

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Download or read book Pragmatics for Language Educators written by Virginia LoCastro and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-03 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text makes pragmatics accessible to a wide range of language professionals through explanations of topics and concepts that are often difficult for uninitiated readers, a wealth of examples, and attention to the needs of readers who are non-native English speakers.― Arnulfo G. Ramirez, The Modern Language Journal

Pragmatics

Author : Stephen C. Levinson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521294140
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (941 download)

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Download or read book Pragmatics written by Stephen C. Levinson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1983-06-09 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An integrative and lucid analysis of central topics in the field of linguistic pragmatics deixis, implicature, presupposition, speed acts, and conversational structure.

Corpus Pragmatics

Author : Karin Aijmer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107015049
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Corpus Pragmatics written by Karin Aijmer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first handbook to survey and expand the burgeoning field of corpus pragmatics, the intersection of pragmatics and corpus linguistics.

Possibilities and Limitations of Pragmatics

Author : Herman Parret
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027283176
Total Pages : 866 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Possibilities and Limitations of Pragmatics written by Herman Parret and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1981-01-01 with total page 866 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This impressive volume attempts to make an assessment of past achievements, but also to open up new perspectives in the field of pragmatics, exactly ten years after the publication of Searle’s seminal Speech Acts. This rich collection presents an unrivaled diversity of topics and approaches united by the possibilities and limitations generic to the field of pragmatics.

Relevance, Pragmatics and Interpretation

Author : Kate Scott
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108418635
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Relevance, Pragmatics and Interpretation written by Kate Scott and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-07-18 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Showcases recent research by leading scholars working within the relevance-theoretic pragmatics framework.

Teaching and Learning Pragmatics

Author : Noriko Ishihara
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317863097
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book Teaching and Learning Pragmatics written by Noriko Ishihara and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-16 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An understanding of sociocultural context is crucial in second language learning – yet developing this awareness often poses a real challenge to the typical language learner. This book is a practical language teachers’ guide that focuses on how to teach socially and culturally appropriate language for effective communication. Moving beyond a purely theoretical approach to pragmatics, the volume offers practical advice to teachers, with hands-on classroom tasks included in every chapter. Readers will be able to: · Identify possible causes of learner errors and choices in cross-cultural communication · Understand second language acquisition theories that support their classroom practices · Develop a pragmatics-focused instructional component, classroom-based assessments, and curricula · Help learners to become more strategic about their learning and performance of speech acts · Incorporate technology into their approach to teaching pragmatics This book aims to close the gap between what research in pragmatics has found and how language is generally taught today. It will be of interest to all language teachers, graduate students in language teaching and linguistics, teacher educators, and developers of materials for teaching language.

Pragmatics

Author : Dawn Archer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415497868
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (154 download)

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Download or read book Pragmatics written by Dawn Archer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Routledge Applied Linguistics is a series of comprehensive textbooks, providing students and researchers with the support they need for advanced study in the core areas of English language and applied linguistics. Each book in the series guides readers through three main sections, enabling them to explore and develop major themes within the discipline. Section A: Introduction, establishes the key terms and concepts and extends readers’ techniques of analysis through practical application. Section B: Extension, brings together influential articles, sets them in context, and discusses their contribution to the field. Section C: Exploration, builds on knowledge gained in the first two sections, setting thoughtful tasks around further illustrative material. This enables readers to engage more actively with the subject matter and encourages them to develop their own research responses. Throughout the book, topics are revisited, extended, interwoven and deconstructed, with the reader’s understanding strengthened by tasks and follow-up questions. Pragmatics: provides a broad view of pragmatics from a range of perspectives, gathering readings from key names in the discipline, including Geoffrey Leech, Michael McCarthy, Thomas Kohnen, Joan Manes and Nessa Wolfson covers a wide variety of topics, including speech acts, pragmatic markers, implicature, research methods in pragmatics, facework and politeness, and prosody examines the social and cultural contexts in which pragmatics occurs, such as in cross-cultural pragmatics (silence, indirectness, forms of address, cultural scripts) and pragmatics and power (the courtroom, police interaction, political interviews and doctor-patient communication) uses a wide range of corpora to provide both illustrative examples and exploratory tasks is supported by a companion website at www.routledge.com/cw/archer featuring extra activities and additional data for analysis, guidance on undertaking corpus analysis and research, including how to create your own corpus with CMC, and suggestions for further reading. Written by experienced teachers and researchers in the field, Pragmatics provides an essential resource for students and researchers of applied linguistics.

The Cambridge Handbook of Pragmatics

Author : Keith Allan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139501895
Total Pages : 967 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (395 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Handbook of Pragmatics written by Keith Allan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-01-12 with total page 967 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pragmatics is the study of human communication: the choices speakers make to express their intended meaning and the kinds of inferences that hearers draw from an utterance in the context of its use. This Handbook surveys pragmatics from different perspectives, presenting the main theories in pragmatic research, incorporating seminal research as well as cutting-edge solutions. It addresses questions of rational and empirical research methods, what counts as an adequate and successful pragmatic theory, and how to go about answering problems raised in pragmatic theory. In the fast-developing field of pragmatics, this Handbook fills the gap in the market for a one-stop resource to the wide scope of today's research and the intricacy of the many theoretical debates. It is an authoritative guide for graduate students and researchers with its focus on the areas and theories that will mark progress in pragmatic research in the future.

Pragmatics

Author : Louise Cummings
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135468095
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (354 download)

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Download or read book Pragmatics written by Louise Cummings and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first truly multidisciplinary text of its kind, this book offers an original analysis of the current state of linguistic pragmatics. Cummings argues that no study of pragmatics can reasonably neglect the historical and contemporary influences on this discipline of neighboring fields of inquiry, particularly philosophy, psychology, artificial intelligence, and language pathology. By the same token, these fields can begin to address their own questions more productively by examining the insights of pragmatics. The book's range of topics and depth of analysis will be of interest to advanced undergraduate and more specialized readers in linguistics, communication studies, speech and language therapy, and cognitive science. Topics discussed include: *coverage of pragmatic concepts and theories; *criticisms of Sperber and Wilson's relevance theory, Habermas's theory of communicative competence, and Kasher's views on the modularity of pragmatics; *pragmatic deficits in a range of child and adult language disorders; and *a pragmatic analysis of argumentation in topical issues such as AIDS and BSE theories of meaning, inferences, pragmatics and AI.