Pragmatics

By Jean Stilwell Peccei

Book 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B009SKE15I
• ISBN13: 9780415205238
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 106 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.9" x 9.6"