Introduction to Pragmatics - Couverture souple

Mey, Jacob L.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0631186913 ISBN 13 : 9780631186915

Editeur : Blackwell Publishers, 1993

Synopsis

This text provides a succinct introduction to the field of pragmatics, the study of language from the point of view of its users - of the choices they make, the constraints they encounter in using language in social interaction and the effects their use of language has on other participants in an act of communication. Reviewing the work of Austin, Grice, Searle, Sacks and others, the book includes chapters on what we say when we do not say (explicitly) what we mean; on the regularities and irregularities of everyday conversation; on the social importance and the societal determination of even the least consciously proffered "act of language". It aims to introduce the reader to the complexities of language use, and the use of language for cognitive and social effect.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This is a succinct introduction to the burgeoning field of pragmatics, the study of language from the point of view of its users, of the choices they make, the constraints they encounter in using language in social interaction, and the effects their use of language has on other participants in an act of communication.

Pragmatics reviews the work of Austin, Grice, Searle, Sacks and others and examines the implicit meaning of the irregularities of everyday conversation; and the social importance and the societal determination of even the least consciously proffered "act of language".

Biographie de l'auteur

Jacob L. Mey is Professor of Comparative Linguistics at Odense University, Denmark. He has taught previously at the University of Oslo, Georgetown University and the University of Texas, Austin. In 1977 he founded (with Hartmut Haberland) the Journal of Pragmatics, of which he is the chief editor. He was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Zaragoza, Spain in 1992.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Blackwell Publishers
• Date d'édition: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0631186913
• ISBN 13: 9780631186915
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 368
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible