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020 _a9780511777912 (ebook)
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040 _aUkCbUP
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050 0 0 _aP99.4.P72
_bA747 2010
082 0 0 _a306.44
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100 1 _aAriel, Mira,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aDefining Pragmatics / [electronic resource]
_cMira Ariel.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2010.
300 _a1 online resource (352 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 0 _aResearch Surveys in Linguistics
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).
520 _aAlthough there is no shortage of definitions for pragmatics the received wisdom is that 'pragmatics' simply cannot be coherently defined. In this groundbreaking book Mira Ariel challenges the prominent definitions of pragmatics, as well as the widely-held assumption that specific topics – implicatures, deixis, speech acts, politeness – naturally and uniformly belong on the pragmatics turf. She reconstitutes the field, defining grammar as a set of conventional codes, and pragmatics as a set of inferences, rationally derived. The book applies this division of labor between codes and inferences to many classical pragmatic phenomena, and even to phenomena considered 'beyond pragmatics'. Surprisingly, although some of these turn out pragmatic, others actually turn out grammatical. Additional intriguing questions addressed in the book include: why is it sometimes difficult to distinguish grammar from pragmatics? Why is there no grand design behind grammar nor behind pragmatics? Are all extragrammatical phenomena pragmatic?
650 0 _aPragmatics
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521517836
830 0 _aResearch Surveys in Linguistics.
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511777912
_zCambridge Books Online
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