{"product_id":"introduction-to-pragmatics-isbn-9781394196753","title":"Introduction to Pragmatics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new edition of an essential pragmatics textbook, updated for a new generation of students\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction to Pragmatics\u003c\/i\u003e equips students with a comprehensive understanding of how context shapes language, covering both foundational concepts and cutting-edge issues with an interdisciplinary approach. Assuming no previous background in the subject, this student-friendly textbook describes how meaning is created and interpreted. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis fully revised new edition addresses contemporary questions surrounding language in society, with increased focus on technological trends and real-world applications of pragmatics. Updated chapters explore politeness theory, presupposition, the boundary between semantics and pragmatics, the pragmatics of linguistic diversity and speech communities, the philosophical background of pragmatics, and the role of language in law, advertising, and politics. 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\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction to Pragmatics, Second Edition,\u003c\/i\u003e is the ideal textbook for undergraduate and graduate courses in pragmatics and semantics as well as related courses in linguistics and language education. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Defining Pragmatics 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Pragmatics and Natural Language 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 The Philosophical Background 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 The Boundary Between Semantics and Pragmatics 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 Summary 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5 Exercises 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.6 Discussion Questions 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Gricean Implicature 41\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 The Cooperative Principle 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Types of Implicature 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Testing for Implicature 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 The Gricean Model of Meaning 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 Summary 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6 Exercises 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.7 Discussion Questions 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Later Approaches to Implicature 76\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Neo-Gricean Theory 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Relevance Theory 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Comparing Neo-Gricean Theory and Relevance Theory 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 Lexical Pragmatics 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 Summary 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6 Exercises 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.7 Discussion Questions 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Reference 113\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Referring Expressions 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Deixis 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Definiteness and Indefiniteness 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Anaphora 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 Referential and Attributive Uses of Definite Descriptions 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6 Summary 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.7 Exercises 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.8 Discussion Questions 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Presupposition 146\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Presupposition, Negation, and Entailment 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Presupposition Triggers 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 The Projection Problem 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Defeasibility 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5 Presupposition as Common Ground 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6 Accommodation 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.7 Summary 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.8 Exercises 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.9 Discussion Questions 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Speech Acts 175\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Performative Utterances 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Felicity Conditions 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Locutionary Acts 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 Direct and Indirect Speech Acts 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5 Joint Acts 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.6 Summary 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.7 Exercises 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.8 Discussion Questions 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Information Structure 207\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Topic and Focus 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Open Propositions 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Discourse-Status and Hearer-Status 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 Information Structure and Constituent Order 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5 Information Structure and Constructions 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6 Functional Compositionality 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.7 Summary 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.8 Exercises 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.9 Discussion Questions 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Inferential Relations 242\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Inferential Relations at the Constituent Level 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Inferential Relations at the Propositional Level 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 Summary 266\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 Exercises 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 Discussion Questions 268\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Social Pragmatics 269\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Face and Politeness 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 Honorifics 275\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 Speech Communities 278\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 Communication and Miscommunication 288\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5 Pragmatics and Persuasion 289\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.6 Exercises 294\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.7 Discussion Questions 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Pragmatics and AI 297\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 The Human Mind 298\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 Minds and Machines 305\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3 The Semantics\/Pragmatics Boundary Revisited 312\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4 Exercises 314\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.5 Discussion Questions 315\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSources for Examples 316\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 321\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 331\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBETTY J. 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