Defining Pragmatics

by Mira Ariel

Book Overview

Although there is no shortage of definitions for pragmatics the received wisdom is that 'pragmatics' simply cannot be coherently defined. In this groundbreaking book Mira Ariel challenges the prominent definitions of pragmatics, as well as the widely-held assumption that specific topics - implicatures, deixis, speech acts, politeness - naturally and uniformly belong on the pragmatics turf. She reconstitutes the field, defining grammar as a set of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521732034
• ISBN13: 9780521732031
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.8"