30.4434, Books: Pragmatics: Cummins

[The LINGUIST List]

LINGUIST List: Vol-30-4434. Thu Nov 21 2019. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 30.4434, Books: Pragmatics: Cummins

Moderator: Malgorzata E. Cavar (linguist at linguistlist.org)
Student Moderator: Jeremy Coburn
Managing Editor: Becca Morris
Team: Helen Aristar-Dry, Everett Green, Sarah Robinson, Peace Han, Nils Hjortnaes, Yiwen Zhang, Julian Dietrich
Jobs: jobs at linguistlist.org | Conferences: callconf at linguistlist.org | Pubs: pubs at linguistlist.org

Homepage: http://linguistlist.org

Please support the LL editors and operation with a donation at:
           https://funddrive.linguistlist.org/donate/

Editor for this issue: Jeremy Coburn <jecoburn at linguistlist.org>
================================================================


Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 12:18:06
From: Anna Glazier [Anna.Glazier at eup.ed.ac.uk]
Subject: Pragmatics: Cummins

 


Title: Pragmatics 
Series Title: Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language - Advanced  

Publication Year: 2019 
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
	   www.edinburghuniversitypress.com
	

Book URL: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-pragmatics-17011.html 


Author: Chris Cummins

Electronic: ISBN:  9781474440059 Pages: 232 Price: U.K. £ 24.99
Electronic: ISBN:  9781474440042 Pages: 232 Price: U.K. £ 90
Hardback: ISBN:  9781474440028 Pages: 232 Price: U.K. £ 90
Paperback: ISBN:  9781474440035 Pages: 232 Price: U.K. £ 24.99


Abstract:

An exploration of English pragmatics with a thorough integration of
theoretical and experimental research

A central goal of pragmatics is to identify the capabilities that underpin our
ability to communicate ‘non-literal’ meanings. Guiding students through the
many facets of English pragmatics, this textbook discusses the ways in which
people successfully convey and recover meanings that are not simply associated
with the combinations of words that they use.

The book draws on a broad range of data, including psycholinguistic
experimentation, studies of acquisition and corpus research, and uses real
examples from English to illuminate contemporary debates in pragmatics and
related fields. With exercises and discussion topics at the end of each
chapter, it invites students to explore how pragmatic meaning can be explained
in theoretical terms and contemplate whether these explanations command
empirical support.

* Wide-ranging treatment of the major topics in English pragmatics

* Thorough integration of theoretical and experimental research

* Accessible introduction to relevant empirical methods, assuming no prior
expertise

* Extensive reference to real examples of usage

* Exercises and discussion topics

Available in North America from our distribution partners, Oxford University
Press.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Pragmatics


Written In: English  (eng)

See this book announcement on our website: 
http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=139216




------------------------------------------------------------------------------

***************************    LINGUIST List Support    ***************************
 The 2019 Fund Drive is under way! Please visit https://funddrive.linguistlist.org
  to find out how to donate and check how your university, country or discipline
     ranks in the fund drive challenges. Or go directly to the donation site:
               https://iufoundation.fundly.com/the-linguist-list-2019

                        Let's make this a short fund drive!
                Please feel free to share the link to our campaign:
                    https://funddrive.linguistlist.org/donate/
 


----------------------------------------------------------
LINGUIST List: Vol-30-4434	
----------------------------------------------------------