Defining Pragmatics
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 na...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Cambridge University Press
2010
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| Series: | Research surveys in linguistics
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Add Tag | Summary: | 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 naturally and uniformly belong on the pragmatics turf. |
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 330 pages 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| ISBN: | 9780521517836 9780521732031 |
Pragmatics and grammar