Date: 13-Jul-2009 From: Paul Peranteau <paulbenjamins.com> Subject: Culture and Language Use: Senft, Östman, Verschueren (Eds) E-mail this message to a friend
Title: Culture and Language Use
Series Title: Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights 2
Published: 2009
Publisher: John Benjamins
http://www.benjamins.com/
Editor: Gunter Senft
Editor: Jan-Ola Östman
Editor: Jef Verschueren
Electronic: ISBN: 9789027289308 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 59.00
Electronic: ISBN: 9789027289308 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 39.00
Paperback: ISBN: 9789027207791 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 39.00
Paperback: ISBN: 9789027207791 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 59.00
Abstract:
The ten volumes of Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights focus on the most salient topics in the field of pragmatics, thus dividing its wide interdisciplinary spectrum in a transparent and manageable way. While other volumes select philosophical, cognitive, grammatical, social, variational, interactional, or discursive angles, this second volume reviews basic topics and traditions that place language use in its cultural context. As emphasized in the introduction, and as revealed in the choice of articles, 'culture' is by no means to be seen as standing in opposition to society and cognition; on the contrary, the notion cannot be understood without insight into the intricate interactions of social and cognitive structures and processes. In addition to the topical articles, a number of contributions to this volume are devoted to aspects of methodology. Others highlight the role of eminent scholars who have made the study of cultural dimensions of language use into what it is today.
Linguistic Field(s):
Anthropological Linguistics
Pragmatics
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