In the fast-developing field of pragmatics, this Handbook is a one-stop resource for today's research and the many theoretical debates. In the fast-developing field of pragmatics, this Handbook fills the gap in the market for a one-stop resource to today's research and the many theoretical debates. It is an authoritative guide with its focus on the areas and theories that will mark progress in pragmatic research in the future. In the fast-developing field of pragmatics, this Handbook fills the gap in the market for a one-stop resource totoday's research and the many theoretical debates. It is an authoritative guide with its focus on the areas and theories that will mark progress in pragmatic research in the future. Pragmatics is the study of human communication: thechoices speakers make to express their intended meaning and the kinds of inferences that hearers draw from an utterance in the context of its use. This Handbook surveys pragmatics from different perspectives, presenting the main theories in pragmatic research, incorporating seminal research as well as cutting-edge solutions. It addresses questions of rational and empirical research methods, what counts as an adequate and successful pragmatic theory, and how to goabout answering problems raised in pragmatic theory. In the fast-developing field of pragmatics, this Handbook fills the gap in the market for a one-stop resource to the wide scope of today's research and the intricacy of the many theoretical debates. It is an authoritative guide for graduate students and researchers with its focus on the areas and theories that will mark progress in pragmatic research in the future. 'Comprehensive, up-to-date and authoritative â€a The Cambridge Handbook of Pragmatics brings together the best scholars in the field to paint a state-of-the-art picture of the field of pragmatics.' Dingfang Shu, Shanghai International Studies University 'Excellent and thoughtfully edited.' Robert M. Harnish, University of Arizona 'â€a bold, innovative, up to date and comprehensive â€a a must-have for the professional, the librarian and the interested bystander alike!' Jacob L. Mey, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense INDICE: 1. Introduction: pragmatic objects and pragmatic methods Kasia M. Jaszczolt and Keith Allan; Part I. Problems and Theories: 2. Research paradigms in pragmatics Mira Ariel; 3. Saying, meaning, and implicating Kent Bach; 4. Implying and inferring Laurence R. Horn; 5. Speaker intentions and intentionality Michael Haugh and Kasia M. Jaszczolt; 6. Context and content: pragmatics in two-dimensional semantics Berit Brogaard; 7. Contextualism: some varieties FranÃoois Recanati; 8. The psychology of utterance processing: context vs. salience Rachel Giora; 9. Sentences, utterances, and speech acts Mikhail Kissine; 10. Pragmatics in update semantics Henk Zeevat; 11. The normative dimension ofdiscourse Jaroslav Peregrin; 12. Pragmatics in the (English) lexicon Keith Allan; 13. Conversational interaction Michael Haugh; 14. Empirical investigations and pragmatic theorising Napoleon Katsos; Part II. Phenomena and Applications: 15. Referring in discourse Arthur Sullivan; 16. Propositional attitude reports: pragmatic aspects Kasia M. Jaszczolt; 17. Presupposition and accommodation in discourse Rob van der Sandt; 18. Negation Jay David Atlas; 19. Connectives Caterina Mauri and Johan van der Auwera; 20. Spatial reference in discourse Luna Filipović; 21. Temporal reference in discourse Louis de Saussure; 22. Textual coherence as a pragmatic phenomenon Anita Fetzer; 23. Metaphor and the literal/nonliteral distinction Robyn Carston; Part III. Interfaces and the Delimitation of Pragmatics: 24. Pragmatics in the history of linguistic thought Andreas H. Jucker; 25. Semantics without pragmatics? Emma Borg; 26. The syntax/pragmatics interface Ruth Kempson; 27. Pragmatics and language change ElizabethCloss Traugott; 28. Pragmatics and prosody Tim Wharton; 29. Pragmatics and information structure Jeanette K. Gundel; 30. Sociopragmatics and cross-culturaland intercultural studies Istvan Kecskes; 31. Politeness and pragmatics Marina Terkourafi.
- ISBN: 978-0-521-19207-1
- Editorial: Cambridge University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 786
- Fecha Publicación: 12/01/2012
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