<p>"Unparalleled with its rich collection of real-life examples and discourse data analyses, this textbook does more than opening the door of pragmatics: it persuades the readers that doing pragmatics is a way of life. The extensively revised fourth edition remains a highly entertaining read, just as the previous versions I have used as a main text on various courses in Hong Kong and London."</p><p><strong>Yan Jiang</strong>, SOAS University of London, UK</p>

Doing Pragmatics is a popular reader-friendly introduction to pragmatics. Embracing the comprehensive and engaging style which characterized the previous editions, this fourth edition has been fully revised. Doing Pragmatics extends beyond theory to promote an applied understanding of empirical data and provides students with the opportunity to ‘do’ pragmatics themselves.

A distinctive feature of this textbook is that virtually all the examples are taken from real world uses of language which reflect the emergent nature of communicative interaction. Peter Grundy consolidates the strengths of the original version, reinforcing its unique combination of theory and practice with new theory, exercises and up-to-date real data and examples.

This book provides the ideal foundation for all those studying pragmatics within English language, linguistics and ELT/ TESOL.

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Doing Pragmatics is a popular reader-friendly introduction to pragmatics. This book provides the ideal foundation for all those studying pragmatics within English language, linguistics and ELT/TESOL.

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Preface

1 Using and understanding language

2 Utterances and intentions

3 Inference and utterances

4 Inference and lexical items

5 Indexicality

6 Context and language

7 Being polite

Afterword

Checking understanding suggestions

Glossary

References

Index

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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781138549487
Publisert
2019-12-11
Utgave
4. utgave
Utgiver
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Vekt
620 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
288

Forfatter

Biografisk notat

Peter Grundy taught Pragmatics at Durham University for more than twenty years before his retirement. He currently lectures on the taught masters Applied Linguistics/ TESOL programme at Durham. He is co-editor with Dawn Archer of the Routledge Pragmatics Reader and author of several resource books for language teachers, as well as a past President of IATEFL.