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Title: Pragmatics
Author : Jean Stilwell Peccei
Release Date : January 11, 2002
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines,Books,Professional & Technical,Education,
Pages : * pages
Size : 3723 KB

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In Pragmatics, the study of meaning derived from context, Jean Stilwell Peccei offers a practical introduction to this core area of linguistics. Pragmatics:
encourages the reader to look at different levels of meaning within sentences
provides a basic understanding of key pragmatic concepts
introduces two highly influential approaches to pragmatics: the Co-Operative Principle and Speech Act Theory
encourages the reader to apply basic analytical tools to real data, eg. advertising language and children's conversations
provides a range of activities, discussion questions, an answer key and further reading.