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This volume offers recent developments in pragmatics and adjacent
territories of investigation, including important new concepts such
as the pragmatic act and the pragmeme, and combines developments in
neighboring disciplines in an integrative holistic pragmatic
approach. The young science of pragmatics has, from its inception,
differentiated itself from neighboring fields in the humanities,
especially the disciplines dealing with language and those focusing
on the social and anthropological aspects of human behavior, by
focusing on the language user in his or her societal
environment.This collection of papers continues that emphasis on
language use, and pragmatic acts in their context. The editors and
contributors share a perspective that essentially considers
language as a system for communication and wants to look at
language from a societal perspective, and accept the view that acts
of interpretation are essentially embedded in culture. In an
interdisciplinary approach, some authors explore connections with
social theory, in particular sociology or socio-linguistics, some
offer a political stance (critical discourse analysis), others
explore connections with philosophy and philosophy of language, and
several papers address problems in theoretical pragmatics.
Concise Encyclopedia of Semantics is a comprehensive new reference
work aiming to systematically describe all aspects of the study of
meaning in language. It synthesizes in one volume the latest
scholarly positions on the construction, interpretation,
clarification, obscurity, illustration, amplification,
simplification, negotiation, contradiction, contraction and
paraphrasing of meaning, and the various concepts, analyses,
methodologies and technologies that underpin their study. It
examines not only semantics but the impact of semantic study on
related fields such as morphology, syntax, and typologically
oriented studies such as grammatical semantics, where semantics has
made a considerable contribution to our understanding of verbal
categories like tense or aspect, nominal categories like case or
possession, clausal categories like causatives, comparatives, or
conditionals, and discourse phenomena like reference and anaphora.
COSE also examines lexical semantics and its relation to syntax,
pragmatics, and cognitive linguistics; and the study of how logical
semantics develops and thrives, often in interaction with
computational linguistics.
As a derivative volume from Encyclopedia of Language and
Linguistics 2nd edition, it comprises contributions from 150 of the
foremost scholars of semantics in their various specializations and
draws on 20+ years of development in the parent work in a compact
and affordable format. Principally intended for tertiary level
inquiry and research, this will be invaluable as a reference work
for undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as academics
inquiring into the study of meaning and meaning relations within
languages. As semantics is a centrally important and inherently
cross-cutting area within linguistics it will therefore be relevant
not just for semantics specialists, but for most linguistic
audiences.
* The first encyclopedia ever published in this fascinating and
diverse field
* Combines the talents of the world s leading semantics specialists
* The latest trends in the field authoritatively reviewed and
interpreted in context of related disciplines.
* Drawn from the richest, most authoritative, comprehensive and
internationally acclaimed reference resource in the linguistics
area
* Compact and affordable single volume reference format"
This book explores the dynamics of language changes from
sociolinguistic and historical linguistic perspectives. With
in-depth case studies from all around the world, it uses diverse
approaches across sociolinguistics and historical linguistics to
answer questions such as: How and why do language changes begin?;
how do language changes spread?; and how can they ultimately be
explained? Each chapter explores a different component of language
change, including typology, syntax, morphology, phonology,
semantics, lexicology, discourse strategies, diachronic change,
synchronic change, how the deafblind modify sign language, and the
accommodation of language to song. This book presents a
comprehensive analysis of the dynamics of language change over
time, simultaneously advancing current research and suggesting new
directions in sociolinguistic and historical linguistic approaches.
The book addresses controversies around the conscious vs automatic
processing of contextual information and the distinction between
literal and nonliteral meaning. It sheds new light on the relation
of the literal/nonliteral distinction to the distinction between
the automatic and conscious retrieval of information. The question
of literal meaning is inherently interwoven with the question of
lexical salience on one hand and default interpretations on the
other. This volume addresses these interconnected issues, stressing
their mutual interdependence. It contributes new, ground-breaking
insights into the questions of literalness, semantics-pragmatics
interface, automatic (default) retrieval and contextual pragmatic
enrichment, modelling of discourse processing, lexical pragmatics,
and other related issues.
In this outstanding book leading scholars from around the world
examine the history of linguistics from ancient origins to the
present. They consider every aspect of the field from language
origins to neurolinguistics, explore linguistic traditions in east
and west, chronicle centuries of explanations for language
structures, meanings, and usage, and look at how it has been
practically applied. The book is organized in six parts. The first
looks at the origins of language, the invention of writing, the
nature of gesture, and sign languages. Part II examines the history
of the analysis and description of sound systems. Part III
considers the history of linguistics in China, Korea, Japan, India,
and the Middle East, as well as the history of the study of Semitic
and Afro-Asiatic. Part IV examines the history of grammar and
morphology in the west from the classical world to the present.
Part V surveys the history of lexicography semantics, pragmatics,
and text and discourse studies. Part VI looks at the history the
application of linguistics in fields that include the language
classification; social and cultural theory; psychology and the
brain sciences; education and translation; computational science;
and the development of linguistic corpora. The book ends with a
history of the philosophy of linguistics. The Oxford Handbook of
the History of Linguistics makes a significant contribution to the
historiography of linguistics. It will also be a valuable reference
for scholars and students in linguists and related fields,
including philosophy and cognitive science.
Dr Keith Allan presents a coherent, consistent and comprehensive
account of linguistic meaning, centred around an informally
presented theory of meaning. It is intended for graduate and
undergraduate students of linguistics, or any linguist curious
about what a theory of meaning should seek to accomplish and the
way to achieve that aim. The work assumes that the primary task of
a theory of linguistic meaning is to describe the meaning of speech
acts. This in turn presupposes a theory of semantics and a theory
of prosodic meaning, as well as a proper treatment of the
co-operative principle, context and background information. These
matters are dealt with in detail. The second task of a theory of
linguistic meaning is to identify what meaning is, to explain the
relationships between sense and denotation, and to explicate the
nature of meaningful properties and meaning relations. These
matters are fully covered, and the work concludes with a summary of
the principle arguments presented.
Dr Keith Allan presents a coherent, consistent and comprehensive
account of linguistic meaning, centred around an informally
presented theory of meaning. It is intended for graduate and
undergraduate students of linguistics, or any linguist curious
about what a theory of meaning should seek to accomplish and the
way to achieve that aim. The work assumes that the primary task of
a theory of linguistic meaning is to describe the meaning of speech
acts. This in turn presupposes a theory of semantics and a theory
of prosodic meaning, as well as a proper treatment of the
co-operative principle, context and background information. These
matters are dealt with in detail. The second task of a theory of
linguistic meaning is to identify what meaning is, to explain the
relationships between sense and denotation, and to explicate the
nature of meaningful properties and meaning relations. These
matters are fully covered, and the work concludes with a summary of
the principle arguments presented.
The Routledge Handbook of Linguistics offers a comprehensive
introduction and reference point to the discipline of linguistics.
This wide-ranging survey of the field brings together a range of
perspectives, covering all the key areas of linguistics and drawing
on interdisciplinary research in subjects such as anthropology,
psychology and sociology. The 36 chapters, written by specialists
from around the world, provide: an overview of each topic; an
introduction to current hypotheses and issues; future trajectories;
suggestions for further reading. With extensive coverage of both
theoretical and applied linguistic topics, The Routledge Handbook
of Linguistics is an indispensable resource for students and
researchers working in this area.
The Routledge Handbook of Linguistics offers a comprehensive
introduction and reference point to the discipline of linguistics.
This wide-ranging survey of the field brings together a range of
perspectives, covering all the key areas of linguistics and drawing
on interdisciplinary research in subjects such as anthropology,
psychology and sociology. The 36 chapters, written by specialists
from around the world, provide: an overview of each topic; an
introduction to current hypotheses and issues; future trajectories;
suggestions for further reading. With extensive coverage of both
theoretical and applied linguistic topics, The Routledge Handbook
of Linguistics is an indispensable resource for students and
researchers working in this area.
The importance of a strong evidence-base is widely recognised in
contemporary health, social care and education practice, meaning
that there is a real need for research which can be quickly and
easily translated into real world situations. Research co-produced
by practitioners and academics from early stages to end results can
draw on each party's knowledge and experience, in order to create
high quality evidence that is relevant and appropriate to practice
needs. This guide introduces the basics of co-producing research,
looking at the evidence for co-produced research and outlining its
theoretical underpinnings, as well as discussing barriers and
facilitators to consider. It includes a practitioner perspective
and an academic perspective on the benefits and challenges of
co-produced research. The substantive chapters are each co-written
by an academic and practitioner team and give examples of work
carried out - and lessons learned - in public health, education and
criminal justice settings. Key learning points are included
throughout and drawn together to comprise a toolkit at the end of
the book. This book teaches academics and practitioners more about
how they can find practical evidence-based answers to complex
questions.
This book explores the dynamics of language changes from
sociolinguistic and historical linguistic perspectives. With
in-depth case studies from all around the world, it uses diverse
approaches across sociolinguistics and historical linguistics to
answer questions such as: How and why do language changes begin?;
how do language changes spread?; and how can they ultimately be
explained? Each chapter explores a different component of language
change, including typology, syntax, morphology, phonology,
semantics, lexicology, discourse strategies, diachronic change,
synchronic change, how the deafblind modify sign language, and the
accommodation of language to song. This book presents a
comprehensive analysis of the dynamics of language change over
time, simultaneously advancing current research and suggesting new
directions in sociolinguistic and historical linguistic approaches.
'The Western Classical Tradition in Linguistics' extends from
Ancient Greece to the 21st century and has spread from Europe to
the other four inhabited continents. It is a story of successive
stages of language study, each building upon, or reacting against,
the preceding period. There is a theoretical track passing through
Plato, Aristotle and the Stoics to the scholastics of the later
middle ages; on to the vernacular grammarians of the renaissance,
then the rationalists and universal grammarians of the 17th, 18th
and 20th centuries. Joining this, is a tradition relating language
to thought handed on from Epicurus and Lucretius to Locke,
Condillac, Humboldt, Saussure, Boas, Sapir, Whorf and today's
cognitivists. There is at the same time a pedagogical track
deriving from the Greek grammarians Dionysius Thrax and Apollonius
Dyscolus via the Latins, Donatus, Priscian, and their commentators;
a track that gives rise to prescriptivism and applied linguistics.
The book's penultimate chapter examines the re-ascendancy of
hypothetico-deductive theory over the inductivist theories of the
early 20th century, concluding that both approaches are necessary
for the proper modelling of language in the 21st century and
beyond. In this second edition there is a new final chapter that
traces the history of semantics and pragmatics from earliest times
to the present day.
This volume offers recent developments in pragmatics and adjacent
territories of investigation, including important new concepts such
as the pragmatic act and the pragmeme, and combines developments in
neighboring disciplines in an integrative holistic pragmatic
approach. The young science of pragmatics has, from its inception,
differentiated itself from neighboring fields in the humanities,
especially the disciplines dealing with language and those focusing
on the social and anthropological aspects of human behavior, by
focusing on the language user in his or her societal
environment.This collection of papers continues that emphasis on
language use, and pragmatic acts in their context. The editors and
contributors share a perspective that essentially considers
language as a system for communication and wants to look at
language from a societal perspective, and accept the view that acts
of interpretation are essentially embedded in culture. In an
interdisciplinary approach, some authors explore connections with
social theory, in particular sociology or socio-linguistics, some
offer a political stance (critical discourse analysis), others
explore connections with philosophy and philosophy of language, and
several papers address problems in theoretical pragmatics.
The importance of a strong evidence-base is widely recognised in
contemporary health, social care and education practice, meaning
that there is a real need for research which can be quickly and
easily translated into real world situations. Research co-produced
by practitioners and academics from early stages to end results can
draw on each party's knowledge and experience, in order to create
high quality evidence that is relevant and appropriate to practice
needs. This guide introduces the basics of co-producing research,
looking at the evidence for co-produced research and outlining its
theoretical underpinnings, as well as discussing barriers and
facilitators to consider. It includes a practitioner perspective
and an academic perspective on the benefits and challenges of
co-produced research. The substantive chapters are each co-written
by an academic and practitioner team and give examples of work
carried out - and lessons learned - in public health, education and
criminal justice settings. Key learning points are included
throughout and drawn together to comprise a toolkit at the end of
the book. This book teaches academics and practitioners more about
how they can find practical evidence-based answers to complex
questions.
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Pragmatics is the study of human communication: the choices
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 go about 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.
Many words and expressions are viewed as 'taboo', such as those
used to describe sex, our bodies and their functions, and those
used to insult other people. This 2006 book provides a fascinating
insight into taboo language and its role in everyday life. It looks
at the ways we use language to be polite or impolite, politically
correct or offensive, depending on whether we are 'sweet-talking',
'straight-talking' or being deliberately rude. Using a range of
colourful examples, it shows how we use language playfully and
figuratively in order to swear, to insult, and also to be
politically correct, and what our motivations are for doing so. It
goes on to examine the differences between institutionalized
censorship and the ways individuals censor their own language.
Lively and revealing, Forbidden Words will fascinate anyone who is
interested in how and why we use and avoid taboos in daily
conversation.
Many words and expressions are viewed as 'taboo', such as those
used to describe sex, our bodies and their functions, and those
used to insult other people. This 2006 book provides a fascinating
insight into taboo language and its role in everyday life. It looks
at the ways we use language to be polite or impolite, politically
correct or offensive, depending on whether we are 'sweet-talking',
'straight-talking' or being deliberately rude. Using a range of
colourful examples, it shows how we use language playfully and
figuratively in order to swear, to insult, and also to be
politically correct, and what our motivations are for doing so. It
goes on to examine the differences between institutionalized
censorship and the ways individuals censor their own language.
Lively and revealing, Forbidden Words will fascinate anyone who is
interested in how and why we use and avoid taboos in daily
conversation.
This volume brings together experts from a wide range of
disciplines to define and describe tabooed words and language and
to investigate the reasons and beliefs behind them. In general,
taboo is defined as a proscription of behaviour for a specific
community, time, and context. In terms of language, taboo applies
to instances of language behaviour: the use of certain words in
certain contexts. The existence of linguistic taboos and their
management lead to the censoring of behaviour and, as a
consequence, to language change and development. Chapters in this
volume explore the multiple types of tabooed language from a
variety of perspectives, such as sociolinguistics, anthropology,
philosophy, psychology, historical linguistics, and
neurolinguistics, and with reference to fields such as law,
publishing, politics, and advertising. Topics covered include
impoliteness, swearing, censorship, taboo in deaf communities,
translation of tabooed words, and the use of taboo in banter and
comedy.
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