| Author(s) |
Yin, Zihan
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| Publication Date |
2013
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| Abstract |
Introducing Pragmatics in Use is a reader-friendly introduction book. Pragmatics is a notoriously difficult linguistic concept: Ariel (2010) wrote a whole book on defining pragmatics. Instead of providing a thorough literature review on the definitions of pragmatics, which would remain inconclusive, authors of this book adopted a 'user-friendly definition' (p. 1) by Fasold (1990: 119): 'the study of the use of context to make inferences about meaning'. Difficulty in understanding this abstract concept has been further eased by examples of language data (pp. 1-2) and through detailed explanation of the difference between content meaning of a particular sentence and meaning in context. Useful information is helpfully presented in information boxes in each chapter, and further readings are recommended at the end of each chapter.
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| Citation |
Discourse Studies, 15(4), p. 490-491
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| ISSN |
1461-7080
1461-4456
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| Publisher |
Sage Publications Ltd
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| Title |
Review of Anne O'Keeffe, Brian Clancy and Svenja Adolphs, Introducing Pragmatics in Use, London and New York: Routledge, 2011; viii + 188 pp., £19.99 (pbk)
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| Type of document |
Review
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| Entity Type |
Publication
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