Pragmatics - Couverture souple

Levinson, Stephen C.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0521294142 ISBN 13 : 9780521294140

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1983

Synopsis

Book by Levinson Stephen C

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Those aspects of language use that are crucial to an understanding of language as a system, and especially to an understanding of meaning, are the acknowledged concern of linguistic pragmatics. This textbook provides a lucid and integrative analysis of the central topics in pragmatics - deixis, implicature, presupposition, speech acts, and conversational structure. A central concern of the book is the relation between pragmatics and semantics, and Dr Levinson shows clearly how a pragmatic approach can resolve some of the problems semantics have been confronting and simplifying semantic analyses. The exposition is always clear and supported by helpful exemplification. The detailed analyses of selected topics give the student a clear view of the empirical rigour demanded by the study of linguistic pragmatics, but Dr Levinson never loses sight of the rich diversity of the subject. An introduction and conclusion relate pragmatics to other fields in linguistics and other disciplines concerned with language usage - psychology, philosophy, anthropology and literature.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 1983
• ISBN 10: 0521294142
• ISBN 13: 9780521294140
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 436