Grammar Meaning And Pragmatics

Author : Frank Brisard,Jan-Ola Östman,Jef Verschueren
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2009-08-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027289186

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Grammar, Meaning and Pragmatics by Frank Brisard,Jan-Ola Östman,Jef Verschueren Pdf

The ten volumes of Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights focus on the most salient topics in the field of pragmatics, thus dividing its wide interdisciplinary spectrum in a transparent and manageable way. While other volumes select philosophical, cognitive, cultural, social, variational, interactional, or discursive points of view, this fifth volume looks at the field of linguistic pragmatics from a primarily grammatical angle. That is, it asks in which particular sense a variety of older and more recent functional (rather than generative) models of grammar relate to the study of language in use: how this affects their general outlook on language structure, whether issues of language use inform the very makeup of these models or are merely included as possible research themes, and how far the actual integration of pragmatics ultimately goes (is it a module/layer or is the model truly “usage-based”?). Each of the authors presenting these models has taken systematic care to highlight the relevant problems and focus on the implications of considering pragmatic phenomena from the point of view of grammar. Furthermore, a limited number of chapters deal with traditional topics in the grammatical literature, and specifically those which are called pragmatic because they either are not strictly concerned with truth (semantics), or receive their (truth) value only from an interaction with context. In the introduction, these theories and topics are set up against the historical background of a gradually changing attitude, on the part of grammarians, towards questions of linguistic knowledge and behavior, and the role of learning in their relationship.

Author : Mira Ariel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2008-07-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521550181

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Pragmatics and Grammar by Mira Ariel Pdf

When using language, many aspects of our messages are left implicit in what we say. While grammar is responsible for what we express explicitly, pragmatics explains how we infer additional meanings. The problem is that it is not always a trivial matter to decide which of the meanings conveyed is explicit (grammatical) and which implicit (pragmatic). Pragmatics and Grammar lays out a methodology for students and scholars to distinguish between the two. It explains how and why grammar and pragmatics combine together in natural discourse, and how pragmatic uses become grammatical in time.

Author : P. Sgall,Eva Hajicová,Jarmila Panevová
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1986-05-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027718385

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The Meaning of the Sentence in Its Semantic and Pragmatic Aspects by P. Sgall,Eva Hajicová,Jarmila Panevová Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Grammar, Comparative and general
ISBN : 0511423497

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Pragmatics and Grammar by Anonim Pdf

Author : Paul R. Kroeger
Publisher : Language Science Press
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783961100347

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Analyzing meaning by Paul R. Kroeger Pdf

{This book provides an introduction to the study of meaning in human language, from a linguistic perspective. It covers a fairly broad range of topics, including lexical semantics, compositional semantics, and pragmatics. The chapters are organized into six units: (1) Foundational concepts; (2) Word meanings; (3) Implicature (including indirect speech acts); (4) Compositional semantics; (5) Modals, conditionals, and causation; (6) Tense & aspect. Most of the chapters include exercises which can be used for class discussion and/or homework assignments, and each chapter contains references for additional reading on the topics covered. As the title indicates, this book is truly an INTRODUCTION: it provides a solid foundation which will prepare students to take more advanced and specialized courses in semantics and/or pragmatics. It is also intended as a reference for fieldworkers doing primary research on under-documented languages, to help them write grammatical descriptions that deal carefully and clearly with semantic issues. The approach adopted here is largely descriptive and non-formal (or, in some places, semi-formal), although some basic logical notation is introduced. The book is written at level which should be appropriate for advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate students. It presupposes some previous coursework in linguistics, but does not presuppose any background in formal logic or set theory.

Author : Paul R. Kroeger
Publisher : Language Science Press
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783961101368

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Analyzing meaning by Paul R. Kroeger Pdf

This book provides an introduction to the study of meaning in human language, from a linguistic perspective. It covers a fairly broad range of topics, including lexical semantics, compositional semantics, and pragmatics. The chapters are organized into six units: (1) Foundational concepts; (2) Word meanings; (3) Implicature (including indirect speech acts); (4) Compositional semantics; (5) Modals, conditionals, and causation; (6) Tense & aspect. Most of the chapters include exercises which can be used for class discussion and/or homework assignments, and each chapter contains references for additional reading on the topics covered. As the title indicates, this book is truly an INTRODUCTION: it provides a solid foundation which will prepare students to take more advanced and specialized courses in semantics and/or pragmatics. It is also intended as a reference for fieldworkers doing primary research on under-documented languages, to help them write grammatical descriptions that deal carefully and clearly with semantic issues. The approach adopted here is largely descriptive and non-formal (or, in some places, semi-formal), although some basic logical notation is introduced. The book is written at level which should be appropriate for advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate students. It presupposes some previous coursework in linguistics, but does not presuppose any background in formal logic or set theory.

Author : Michel Kefer,Johan van der Auwera
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110851656

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Meaning and Grammar by Michel Kefer,Johan van der Auwera Pdf

Research on language universals and research on linguistic typology are not antagonistic, but rather complementary approaches to the same fundamental problem: the relationship between the amazing diversity of languages and the profound unity of language. Only if the true extent of typological divergence is recognized can universal laws be formulated. In recent years it has become more and more evident that a broad range of languages of radically different types must be carefully analyzed before general theories are possible. Typological comparison of this kind is now at the centre of linguistic research. The series empirical approaches to language typology presents a platform for contributions of all kinds to this rapidly developing field. The distinctive feature of the series is its markedly empirical orientation. All conclusions to be reached are the result of a deepened study of empirical data. General problems are focused on from the perspective of individual languages, language families, language groups, or language samples. Special emphasis is given to the analysis of phenomena from little known languages, which shed new light on long-standing problems in general linguistics. The series is open to contributions from different theoretical persuasions. It thus reflects the methodological pluralism that characterizes the present situation. Care is taken that all volumes be accessible to every linguist and, moreover, to every reader specializing in some domain related to human language. A deeper understanding of human language in general, based on a detailed analysis of typological diversity among individual languages, is fundamental for many sciences, not only for linguists. Therefore, this series has proven to be indispensable in every research library, be it public or private, which has a specialization in language and the language sciences. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Birgit Sievert.

Author : Mira Ariel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2010-06-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780521517836

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Defining Pragmatics by Mira Ariel Pdf

This groundbreaking book challenges the prominent definitions of pragmatics and the assumption that specific topics belong on the pragmatics turf.

Author : Geoffrey N. Leech
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317869474

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Principles of Pragmatics by Geoffrey N. Leech Pdf

Over the years, pragmatics - the study of the use and meaning of utterances to their situations - has become a more and more important branch of linguistics, as the inadequacies of a purely formalist, abstract approach to the study of language have become more evident. This book presents a rhetorical model of pragmatics: that is, a model which studies linguistic communication in terms of communicative goals and principles of 'good communicative behaviour'. In this respect, Geoffrey Leech argues for a rapprochement between linguistics and the traditional discipline of rhetoric. He does not reject the Chomskvan revolution of linguistics, but rather maintains that the language system in the abstract - i.e. the 'grammar' broadly in Chomsky's sense - must be studied in relation to a fully developed theory of language use. There is therefore a division of labour between grammar and rhetoric, or (in the study of meaning) between semantics and pragmatics. The book's main focus is thus on the development of a model of pragmatics within an overall functional model of language. In this it builds on the speech avct theory of Austin and Searle, and the theory of conversational implicature of Grice, but at the same time enlarges pragmatics to include politeness, irony, phatic communion, and other social principles of linguistic behaviour.

Author : Thomas E. Payne
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780521763295

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Understanding English Grammar by Thomas E. Payne Pdf

Unlike other textbooks, it helps students to understand grammar rather than see it as a set of facts and rules.

Author : Paul Kroeger
Publisher : Language Science Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783961103904

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Analyzing meaning: An introduction to semantics and pragmatics. Third edition by Paul Kroeger Pdf

This book provides an introduction to the study of meaning in human language, from a linguistic perspective. It covers a fairly broad range of topics, including lexical semantics, compositional semantics, and pragmatics. The chapters are organized into six units: (1) Foundational concepts; (2) Word meanings; (3) Implicature (including indirect speech acts); (4) Compositional semantics; (5) Modals, conditionals, and causation; (6) Tense & aspect. Most of the chapters include exercises which can be used for class discussion and/or homework assignments, and each chapter contains references for additional reading on the topics covered. As the title indicates, this book is truly an introduction: it provides a solid foundation which will prepare students to take more advanced and specialized courses in semantics and/or pragmatics. It is also intended as a reference for fieldworkers doing primary research on under-documented languages, to help them write grammatical descriptions that deal carefully and clearly with semantic issues. The approach adopted here is largely descriptive and non-formal (or, in some places, semi-formal), although some basic logical notation is introduced. The book is written at level which should be appropriate for advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate students. It presupposes some previous coursework in linguistics, but does not presuppose any background in formal logic or set theory.

Author : Wesley M. Jacobsen,Yukinori Takubo
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 1183 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-12
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781501501050

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Handbook of Japanese Semantics and Pragmatics by Wesley M. Jacobsen,Yukinori Takubo Pdf

The volume on Semantics and Pragmatics presents a collection of studies on linguistic meaning in Japanese, either as conventionally encoded in linguistic form (the field of semantics) or as generated by the interaction of form with context (the field of pragmatics), representing a range of ideas and approaches that are currently most influentialin these fields. The studies are organized around a model that has long currency in traditional Japanese grammar, whereby the linguistic clause consists of a multiply nested structure centered in a propositional core of objective meaning around which forms are deployed that express progressively more subjective meaning as one moves away from the core toward the periphery of the clause. The volume seeks to achieve a balance in highlighting both insights that semantic and pragmatic theory has to offer to the study of Japanese as a particular language and, conversely, contributions that Japanese has to make to semantic and pragmatic theory in areas of meaning that are either uniquely encoded, or encoded to a higher degree of specificity, in Japanese by comparison to other languages, such as conditional forms, forms expressing varying types of speaker modality, and social deixis.

Author : Keith Allan,Kasia M. Jaszczolt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781139501897

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The Cambridge Handbook of Pragmatics by Keith Allan,Kasia M. Jaszczolt Pdf

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.

Author : Sandrine Zufferey,Jacques Moeschler,Anne Reboul
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781107125650

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Implicatures by Sandrine Zufferey,Jacques Moeschler,Anne Reboul Pdf

Offers an accessible and thorough introduction to implicatures in pragmatics, and its interfaces with language and cognition.

Author : Alan Cruse
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2006-05-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780748626892

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Glossary of Semantics and Pragmatics by Alan Cruse Pdf

This alphabetic guide introduces terms referring to key concepts in semantics and pragmatics. The study of meaning as it is conveyed through language - the domain of semantics and pragmatics--is one of the central concerns of linguistics, and its importance cannot be exaggerated. Written by an author well-known in the field of semantics, the glossary provides clear and accessible explanations of terms drawn from a wide range of theoretical approaches.