Pragmatics in English - An Introduction

An accessible introduction to the key topics in theoretical pragmatics, including Grice, speech acts, relevance theory, and politeness.

List of contents

List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. What is pragmatics?; 2. Speaker's meaning; 3. Speech act theory; 4. Gricean pragmatics; 5. Pragmatics beyond grice; 6. Relevance-theoretic pragmatics; 7. Applying relevance theory; 8. Figurative language; 9. Politeness; 10. Researching pragmatics; Glossary; References; Index.

About the author

Kate Scott is a Senior Lecturer and School Director of Research at Kingston University London, and has over ten years' experience of teaching English language, linguistics, and pragmatics at undergraduate and postgraduate level. She is the author of Pragmatics Online (2022) and Referring Expressions, Pragmatics, and Style (2019), and co-editor of Relevance, Pragmatics and Interpretation (2019, with Carston and Clark).

Summary

Pragmatics – the study of language in context – is a key topic within English language and linguistics. This book introduces the core topics in the field, taking readers from basic principles to an understanding of key theories and approaches, including speech acts, Grice, politeness, relevance theory, metaphor, and irony.

Foreword

An accessible introduction to the key topics in theoretical pragmatics, including Grice, speech acts, relevance theory, and politeness.

Product details

• Authors: Kate Scott, Kate (Kingston University Scott, Scott Kate
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9781108799102
• ISBN: 978-1-108-79910-2
• No. of pages: 250
• Series: Cambridge Introductions to the English Language
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Philosophy of Language, PHILOSOPHY / Language, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc