Pragmatics : critical concepts / edited by Asa Kasher.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kasher, Asa.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Routledge critical concepts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pragmatics.

Speech acts (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

6 volumes : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.

Summary:

This timely collection, for the first time together in one place, gives students and researchers access to the major works of the history of pragmatics and the science of language use. Readers can now critically assess the subject matter, methods, theories and applications that have shaped this exciting area of language study. These important volumes portray the development of pragmatics as a science of language use. The whole spectrum of relevant areas, from theoretical linguistics and philosophy, through psychology and sociology, to neuroscience, speech rehabilitation and computer science is represented. Issues explored include: * presupposition * implicature * discourse * grammar * communication * indexicals * psychology * sociology. This work also provides highly useful references and suggestions for additional papers to be consulted, and has an exceptionally detailed subject and name index to enable easy and immediate access for the reader.

Contents:

v. 1. Dawn and delineation

v. 2. Speech act theory and particular speech acts

v. 3. Indexicals and reference

v. 4. Presupposition, implicature, and indirect speech acts

v. 5. Communication, interaction, and discourse

v. 6. Pragmatics : grammar, psychology, and sociology.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

0415117348

0415169348

0415169356

0415169364

0415169372

0415169380

0415169933

OCLC:

37935087