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Tue Sep 19 2006

Books: Pragmatics: Huang

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Message 1: Pragmatics: Huang
Date: 11-Sep-2006
From: Jenny Breaker <jenny.breakeroup.com>
Subject: Pragmatics: Huang


Title: Pragmatics Series Title: Oxford Textbooks in Linguistics Published: 2006 Publisher: Oxford University Press
                http://www.oup.com/us

Book URL: http://www.oup.co.uk/isbn/0-19-924368-9

Author: Yan Huang, University of Reading Hardback: ISBN: 0199298378 Pages: 368 Price: U.K. £ 50.00
Paperback: ISBN: 0199243689 Pages: 368 Price: U.K. £ 18.99
Abstract:

This introduction to pragmatics provides an authoritative and comprehensiveaccount of its central topics and a guide to the latest research. Afterdescribing the subject's scope and history, it examines conversational andconventional implicature, presupposition, speech act theory, and deixis. Itthen explores the interfaces between pragmatics and other core areas ofinquiry, including cognition (focussing on relevance theory), semantics,and syntax. Professor Huang's lively account contains exercises withsuggested solutions, a glossary, and guides to further reading. This is theideal textbook for students of linguistics. It is also a valuable resourcefor scholars in related fields.

Linguistic Field(s): Pragmatics
Written In: English (eng )

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