31.3835, Books: Speech Acts in English: Pérez-Hernández

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Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2020 21:34:00
From: Rachel Tonkin [rtonkin at cambridge.org]
Subject: Speech Acts in English: Pérez-Hernández

 


Title: Speech Acts in English 
Subtitle: From Research to Instruction and Textbook Development 
Publication Year: 2020 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://cambridge.org
	

Book URL: https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/semantics-and-pragmatics/speech-acts-english-research-instruction-and-textbook-development?format=HB 


Author: Lorena Pérez-Hernández

Hardback: ISBN:  9781108476324 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 110.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9781108476324 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 85.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9781108476324 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 99.20


Abstract:

Speech acts, those actions carried out mainly by means of language, are used
in English in a range of complex ways. However, they have rarely been covered
in English as a foreign language (EFL) materials and textbooks. Bringing
together current theories from pragmatics and cognitive linguistics, this book
addresses this gap by providing a comprehensive model of directive speech acts
and showing how to teach them to learners of English. It provides a review of
the strengths and weaknesses of current theories of illocution and a critical
assessment of existing EFL textbooks. Descriptions of the meaning and form of
directive speech act constructions are given in the cognitive pedagogical
grammar of directive speech acts (included), which offers a wealth of examples
to make the information accessible to non-specialist readers. The book also
provides a wide range of practical activities, showing how research on
illocutionary acts can be implemented in practice.

1. Introduction; 2. What contemporary research tells us about speech acts; 3.
Critical assessment of the representation of speech acts in advanced EFL
textbooks; 4. A cognitive pedagogical grammar of directive speech acts I:
know-what and know-how of directives; 5. A cognitive pedagogical grammar of
directive speech acts II: activities and practice materials; 6. Conclusion.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
                     Pragmatics
                     Semantics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)


Written In: English  (eng)

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