Pragmatics /

"This introduction to pragmatics - the study of language in use - provides an authoritative, up-to-date, and comprehensive account of its central topics and a guide to the latest research. It opens with a discussion of the scope, meaning, and history of pragmatics from Aristotle to the present....

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Main Author: Huang, Yan, 1955-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2007.
Series:Oxford textbooks in linguistics.
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Summary:"This introduction to pragmatics - the study of language in use - provides an authoritative, up-to-date, and comprehensive account of its central topics and a guide to the latest research. It opens with a discussion of the scope, meaning, and history of pragmatics from Aristotle to the present. It shows how the subject relates to the study of semantics, syntax, and sociolinguistics and to such fields as the philosophy of language, linguistic anthropology, and artificial intelligence."--Jacket
Physical Description:1 online resource (xix, 346 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-311) and indexes.
ISBN:9780191037283
0191037281
0199243689
9780199243686
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
Action Note:digitized