Overview

Addresses the importance of taking a pragmatic perspective on traditional fields of applied linguistics, and looks at the core of pragmatics as the study of language use. This book offers perspectives on how research in pragmatics not only can be put to practice, but how it is used as a tool to gain a better understanding of the world we live in.

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Author:   Jan-Ola Östman (University of Helsinki) ,  Jef Verschueren (University of Antwerp)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   9
Weight:   0.660kg
ISBN:  

9789027207869

ISBN 10:   9027207860
Pages:   326
Publication Date:   15 December 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Pragmatics and praxis (by Ostman, Jan-Ola); 2. Applied Linguistics (by Gunnarsson, Britt-Louise); 3. Authenticity (by Gill, Martin); 4. Clinical pragmatics (by Perkins, Michael R.); 5. Computer-mediated communication (by Georgakopoulou, Alexandra); 6. Contrastive analysis (by Jaszczolt, Katarzyna M.); 7. Corpus analysis (by Aarts, Jan); 8. Emphasis (by Lauerbach, Gerda Eva); 9. Error analysis (by Ringbom, Hakan); 10. General semantics (by Allan, Keith); 11. Irony (by Giora, Rachel); 12. Language ecology (by Skutnabb-Kangas, Tove); 13. Language policy, language planning and standardization (by Herbert, Robert K.); 14. Language and the law (by Angermeyer, Philipp S.); 15. Literacy (by Cook-Gumperz, Jenny); 16. Mass media (by Jucker, Andreas H.); 17. Rhetoric (by Kienpointner, Manfred); 18. Signed language pragmatics (by Janzen, Terry); 19. Stylistics (by Semino, Elena); 20. Translation studies (by Schaffner, Christina); 21. Index

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