Pragmatics (Oxford Textbooks in Linguistics) - Hardcover

Huang, Yan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0199298378 ISBN 13: 9780199298372

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2006

Synopsis

Yan Huang provides an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the central topics in pragmatics--implicature, presupposition, speech acts, and deixis. He also includes three 'interface' chapters on pragmatics and cognition (including relevance theory), pragmatics and semantics, and pragmatics and syntax. The survey and analyses are based on a rich collection of data drawn from a wide range of the world's languages.

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About the Author:

Yan Huang is Professor of Theoretical Linguistics at the University of Reading. He has a PhD from the University of Cambridge and a DPhil from the University of Oxford, and has taught linguistics at both universities. His published work includes The Syntax and Pragmatics of Anaphora (CUP, 1994) and Anaphora: A Cross-Linguistic Study (OUP, 2000). He has also published a number of articles and reviews in leading international journals of linguistics.

Review:

[A]n excellent textbook in pragmatics. ... Huang's achievement is impressive. Journal of Pragmatics As for textbooks in pragmatics, there have been some on the market (see e.g., Cummings 2005, Grundy 2000, Levinson 1983, Mey 2001, Verschueren 1999), but the present one under review stands out. ... Students of pragmatics, philosophy of language in general, Gricean pragmatics, relevance theory and anaphora in particular will find this textbook useful and valuable. While all topics are introduced in terms accessible to both undergraduate and postgraduate students, this text, authoritative and up-to-date, can serve as a valuable resource for scholars from pragmatics and neighbouring areas of inquiry who wish to keep abreast of advances in the discipline. International Cognitive Linguistics Association Book Reviews This new publication by Professor Huang ... gives a very thorough introduction to this subdiscipling in linguistics, which is becoming increasinly interwined with psychology and neurolinguistics. ... I would therefore recommend this introductory text to any postgraduates or researchers in psycholinguistics. The Psychologist [T]he book is very thorough in its coverage of topics within the field. Mindful of its student audience, it also has extensive study questions, examples, and glossaries. My overall impressions is that it is a valuable textbook to anyone in the field of pragmatics. The Linguist List

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0199298378
• ISBN 13: 9780199298372
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 366