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Synopsis
What do people do when using language? How exactly is meaning generated when we communicate? And why do we say one thing when we usually mean another? Examining the mental and social processes involved in communicating through language, Understanding Pragmatics is a comprehensive introduction to the subject. The book provides an outline of the thereotical basis of pragmatics, examines its major theoretical perspectives and explores its methodological issues.
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Jeff Verschueren is at Belgian National Science Foundation.
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By adopting an interdisciplinary approach, the author provides a useful introduction to not only pragmatics but also discourse analysis and cognitive semantics.
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Hodder Education Publishers, 1998
ISBN 10: 0340646241
ISBN 13: 9780340646243
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