An exploration of English pragmatics with a thorough integration of
theoretical and experimental research A central goal of pragmatics
is to identify the capabilities that underpin our ability to
communicate 'non-literal' meanings. Guiding students through the
many facets of English pragmatics, this textbook discusses the ways
in which people successfully convey and recover meanings that are
not simply associated with the combinations of words that they use.
The book draws on a broad range of data, including psycholinguistic
experimentation, studies of acquisition and corpus research, and
uses real examples from English to illuminate contemporary debates
in pragmatics and related fields. With exercises and discussion
topics at the end of each chapter, it invites students to explore
how pragmatic meaning can be explained in theoretical terms and
contemplate whether these explanations command empirical support.
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