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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Louise Cummings (Liverpool University, UK)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 17.40cm , Height: 4.10cm , Length: 24.60cm Weight: 1.410kg ISBN: 9780415430968ISBN 10: 0415430968 Pages: 650 Publication Date: 23 October 2009 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsBoard of consultants. List of contributors. Preface. Acknowledgements. Entries A-Z. Bibliography. Index.ReviewsThis encyclopedia....will certainly turn into one of those books that we shall all wonder how we ever managed without. - Ferenc Kiefer, Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary The contributor list for the Pragmatics Encyclopedia reads like a veritable Who's Who of present-day pragmatic research. The scope, breadth and depth of coverage are truly amazing and will set new standards in the field. - Andreas H. Jucker, University of Zurich, Switzerland This is a truly original and substantive work. As the editor states, it is intended for a wide audience of students, junior academics, and advanced scholars. Essential. --Choice This remarkable collective accomplishment, impressive in every particular, brilliantly written and edited to make a formidably difficult field of linguistics accessible to student, teacher and researcher alike, is likely to be the standard work of reference in its field for many years to come. Unstinted praise. Stock it!. - H.G.A. Hughes, Freelance Reviewer, Corwen, UK 'The Pragmatics Encyclopedia is, in my view, an extremely valuabl asset to the field of pragmatics, and most certainly succeeds in its intention to 'capture the multidisciplinary influences that have shaped and continue to shape the field of pragmatics'. It will be welcomed by specialists and non-specialists alike, and deserves a place in the libraries of all teaching institutions that all teaching institutions that truly value the study and exploration of language.' - Discourse and Society 'The Pragmatics Encyclopedia is literally a page-turner, and one is led through a journey of intensely interesting exploration by the inexorable pull of the highlighted topics in the body of the entry and the 'See also' references at the end... The Pragmatics Encyclopedia is, in my view, an extremely valuable asset to the field of pragmatics, and most certainly succeeds in its intention to 'capture the multidisciplinary influences that have shaped and continue to shape the field of pragmatics'. It will be welcomed by specialists and non-specialists alike, and deserves a place in the libraries of all teaching institutions that truly value the study and exploration of language.' - Discourse and Society '...a succinct and... authoritative guide to pragmatics.' - Discourse and Communication This encyclopedia....will certainly turn into one of those books that we shall all wonder how we ever managed without. - Ferenc Kiefer, Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary The contributor list for the Pragmatics Encyclopedia reads like a veritable Who's Who of present-day pragmatic research. The scope, breadth and depth of coverage are truly amazing and will set new standards in the field. - Andreas H. Jucker, University of Zurich, Switzerland This is a truly original and substantive work. As the editor states, it is intended for a wide audience of students, junior academics, and advanced scholars. Essential.--Choice This remarkable collective accomplishment, impressive in every particular, brilliantly written and edited to make a formidably difficult field of linguistics accessible to student, teacher and researcher alike, is likely to be the standard work of reference in its field for many years to come. Unstinted praise. Stock it!.- H.G.A. Hughes, Freelance Reviewer, Corwen, UK 'The Pragmatics Encyclopedia is, in my view, an extremely valuabl asset to the field of pragmatics, and most certainly succeeds in its intention to 'capture the multidisciplinary influences that have shaped and continue to shape the field of pragmatics'. It will be welcomed by specialists and non-specialists alike, and deserves a place in the libraries of all teaching institutions that all teaching institutions that truly value the study and exploration of language.' - Discourse and Society 'The Pragmatics Encyclopedia is literally a page-turner, and one is led through a journey of intensely interesting exploration by the inexorable pull of the highlighted topics in the body of the entry and the 'See also' references at the end... The Pragmatics Encyclopedia is, in my view, an extremely valuable asset to the field of pragmatics, and most certainly succeeds in its intention to 'capture the multidisciplinary influences that have shaped and continue to shape the field of pragmatics'. It will be welcomed by specialists and non-specialists alike, and deserves a place in the libraries of all teaching institutions that truly value the study and exploration of language.' - Discourse and Society '...a succinct and... authoritative guide to pragmatics.' - Discourse and Communication Author InformationLouise Cummings is a Professor of Linguistics at Nottingham Trent University, where she teaches advanced level modules in pragmatics and clinical linguistics. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |