1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990001843000403321

Autore

Stati Uniti d'America. Department of State

Titolo

International Institute of Agriculture at Rome : message from the President of the United States transmitting the report of the delegates ... appointed to attend the General Assembly of the International Institute of Agriculture at Rome, 1913 / Stati Uniti d'America

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington : Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, 1913

Descrizione fisica

64 p. ; 27 cm

Disciplina

630.001

Locazione

FAGBC

Collocazione

60 MISC. B 41/2

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910816022503321

Autore

Ifantidou Elly

Titolo

Pragmatic competence and relevance / / Elly Ifantidou

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, Netherlands ; ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

90-272-7037-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 p.)

Collana

Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, , 0922-842X ; ; Volume 245

Disciplina

401/.4

Soggetti

Communicative competence

Pragmatics

Speech acts (Linguistics)

Relevance

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Pragmatic Competence and Relevance; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication page; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1. The scope of pragmatics; 1.1 Language and verbal communication; 1.2 Meaning and the semantics/pragmatics distinction; 1.3 Pragmatic competence and criteria for delimitation; Chapter 2. Pragmatic meaning in L2; 2.1 Sociological perspective; 2.1.1 Systemic functional grammar; 2.1.2 Inter-language pragmatics in EFL; 2.2 Cognitive perspective; 2.2.1 Construction grammar; Chapter 3. Genres and pragmatic competence

3.1 Criteria for genre specification3.2 Genre-specific conventions and formulaic prototypes; 3.2.1 Genres as social constructs; 3.2.2 Genres as construction frames; 3.3 Towards a pragmatic-cognitive account of genre; 3.3.1 Figurative utterances and inference: Implications for pragmatic development; Chapter 4. Relevance theory and communication; 4.1 Mind-reading and pragmatic competence; 4.1.1 Relevance theory, context and manifestness in EFL; 4.2 Optimal relevance and the relevance-theoretic comprehension heuristic; 4.2.1 Cognitive components of pragmatic development in L2

4.3 Relevance and epistemic vigilance4.3.1 Ιnterpreting genres;



Chapter 5. Pragmatic competence revisited; 5.1 Pragmatic competence and linguistic proficiency; 5.2 Pragmatic awareness and knowledge of speech acts; 5.3 Pragmatic competence redefined; 5.3.1 Genre conversion and pragmatic awareness; 5.3.2 Figurative utterances, epistemic vigilance and metapragmatic awareness; Chapter 6. The data; 6.1 Explicit instruction and pragmatic competence; 6.2 Coursework and instruction; 6.3 Methodology; 6.3.1 Participants; 6.3.2 Rationale; 6.3.3 Procedure; 6.4 Results and discussion

Chapter 7. ConclusionReferences; Appendix. Editorials; News reports; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book probes into under-researched issues in L2 pragmatics. Firstly, pragmatic competence, pragmatic awareness and metapragmatic awareness are re-defined and clearly distinguished on theoretical grounds. Secondly, pragmatic competence and its manifestations are evaluated on empirical grounds by distinct criteria and validated testing measures. More importantly, genuine pragmatic inference is elicited in contexts of online interpretation where figurative speech plays a central role. Genre-specific discourse which occurs in editorials and news reports serves as a natural testbe