Introducing Pragmatics in Use is a lively and accessible introduction to pragmatics, which both covers theory and applies it to real spoken and written data.
Pragmatics is the study of language in context, yet most textbooks rely on invented language examples. This innovative textbook systematically draws on language corpora to illustrate features such as creativity in small talk or how we apologise in English. The authors investigate the pragmatic implications of the globalisation of the English language and focus on the applications of pragmatics for teaching languages. In addition, a practical chapter on researching pragmatics aimed at developing students research skills is included.
With a range of tasks aimed at putting theory into practice and chapter by chapter further reading recommendations, this is the ideal textbook for advanced undergraduate or postgraduate students of pragmatics and corpus linguistics within applied language/linguistics or TEFL/TESOL degrees.
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1.3 The structure of this book |
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1.4 What is corpus linguistics? |
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1.5 Using a corpus to study pragmatics |
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Chapter 2 Researching pragmatics |
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2.2 Diversity of studies in pragmatics: five diverse case studies |
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2.3 Ways of researching pragmatics |
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3.2 Deictic versus non-deictic expression |
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3.3 Gestural versus symbolic deixis |
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3.5 Basic categories of deixis |
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Chapter 4 Politeness in context |
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4.1 The linguistic study of politeness |
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4.2 Penelope Brown and Stephen Levinson |
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Chapter 5 Speech acts in context |
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5.3 Identifying and analysing speech acts |
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5.4 What is a speech act context? |
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5.5 Speech act classification in discourse analysis |
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Chapter 6 Pragmatics across languages and cultures |
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6.2 Defining the area: a tricky task |
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6.3 The issue of universality of pragmatic norms |
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6.4 Studies of pragmatics across languages and cultures |
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6.5 Pragmatic variation within the same language |
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Chapter 7 Pragmatics in specific discourse domains |
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7.2 Comparability at the level of turns |
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7.3 Comparability using a corpus |
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7.4 Other ways of investigating pragmatics in specific discourse domains using a corpus |
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Chapter 8 Pragmatics and language teaching |
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8.2 Pragmatics in the language classroom |
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Anne OKeeffe is Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland.
Brian Clancy lectures in Academic Writing and is an applied corpus linguist at Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland.
Svenja Adolphs is Professor of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Nottingham, UK.
