pragmatics introductions to language study
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This new series provides brief, clear introductions to the main disciplinary areas of language study. Each book contains a state-of-the-art survey of the area; a selection of readings from key texts, with questions; an annotated bibliography; and a glossary. Pragmatics outlines pragmatics, the study of how people make sense of each other linguistically. The author explains and illustrates basic concepts such as the co-operative principle, deixis, and speech arcs, providing readers with an ideal foundation for further study.
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