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Record Nr.

UNINA9910829161403321

Titolo

Handbook of pragmatics . Volume 1 Foundations of pragmatics / / edited by Wolfram Bublitz, Neal R. Norrick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : De Gruyter Mouton, 2011

ISBN

1-283-39838-9

9786613398383

3-11-021426-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (724 p.)

Collana

Handbooks of Pragmatics [HOPS] ; ; 1

Altri autori (Persone)

BublitzWolfram

NorrickNeal R

Disciplina

401/.45

Soggetti

Pragmatics

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 indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Conceptual foundations -- pt. 2. Theoretical foundations -- pt. 3. Key topics in pragmatic description -- pt. 4. The place of pragmatics in the description of discourse -- pt. 5. Methods and tools.

Sommario/riassunto

Open publication Opening the 9-volume-series Handbooks of Pragmatics, this handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the foundations of pragmatics. It covers the central theories and approaches as well as key concepts and topics characteristic of mainstream pragmatics, i.e. the traditional and most widespread approach to the ways and means of using language in authentic social contexts. The in-depth articles provide reliable orientational overviews useful to researchers, students, and teachers. They are both state of the art reviews of their topics and critical evaluations in the light of subsequent developments. Topics are thus considered within their scholarly context and also critically evaluated from current perspectives. The five major sections of the handbook are dedicated to the Conceptual and Theoretical Foundations (with a historiographic overview of the establishment and subsequent development of pragmatics), Key Topics (investigating indexicality, reference and other concepts that were the first to make their way from grammar into pragmatics and mainstream notions like speech acts, types of



inference), the Place of Pragmatics in the Description of Discourse (delimiting pragmatics from grammar, semantics, prosody, literary criticism), and Methods and Tools.