{"product_id":"the-handbook-of-pragmatics-isbn-9780631225485","title":"The Handbook of Pragmatics","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Handbook of Pragmatics\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of newly commissioned articles that provide an authoritative and accessible introduction to the field, including an overview of the foundations of pragmatic theory and a detailed examination of the rich and varied theoretical and empirical subdomains of pragmatics. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContains 32 newly commissioned articles that outline the central themes and challenges for current research in the field of linguistic pragmatics.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides authoritative and accessible introduction to the field and a detailed examination of the varied theoretical and empirical subdomains of pragmatics.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes extensive bibliography that serves as a research tool for those working in pragmatics and allied fields in linguistics, philosophy, and cognitive science.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eValuable resource for both students and professional researchers investigating the properties of meaning, reference, and context in natural language.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Contributors viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eI The Domain of Pragmatics 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Implicature 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaurence R. Horn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Presupposition 29\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJay David Atlas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Speech Acts 53\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJerrold Sadock\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Reference 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGregory Carlson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Deixis 97\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen C. Levinson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Definiteness and Indefiniteness 122\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarbara Abbott\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eII Pragmatics and Discourse Structure 151\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Information Structure and Non-canonical Syntax 153\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGregory Ward and Betty Birner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Topic and Focus 175\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJeanette K. Gundel and Thorstein Fretheim\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Context in Dynamic Interpretation 197\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCraige Roberts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Discourse Markers 221\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiane Blakemore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Discourse Coherence 241\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrew Kehler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. The Pragmatics of Non-sentences 266\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert J. Stainton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Anaphora and the Pragmatics–Syntax Interface 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYan Huang\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Empathy and Direct Discourse Perspectives 315\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSusumu Kuno\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. The Pragmatics of Deferred Interpretation 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeoffrey Nunberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Pragmatics of Language Performance 365\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHerbert H. Clark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. Constraints on Ellipsis and Event Reference 383\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrew Kehler and Gregory Ward\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIII Pragmatics and its Interfaces 405\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. Some Interactions of Pragmatics and Grammar 407\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorgia M. Green\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. Pragmatics and Argument Structure 427\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdele E. Goldberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. Pragmatics and Semantics 442\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrançois Recanati\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. Pragmatics and the Philosophy of Language 463\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKent Bach\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22. Pragmatics and the Lexicon 488\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReinhard Blutner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23. Pragmatics and Intonation 515\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJulia Hirschberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24. Historical Pragmatics 538\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eElizabeth Closs Traugott\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25. Pragmatics and Language Acquisition 562\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEve V. Clark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26. Pragmatics and Computational Linguistics 578\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaniel Jurafsky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIV Pragmatics and Cognition 605\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27. Relevance Theory 607\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeirdre Wilson and Dan Sperber\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28. Relevance Theory and the Saying\/Implicating Distinction 633\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobyn Carston\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29. Pragmatics and Cognitive Linguistics 657\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGilles Fauconnier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30. Pragmatic Aspects of Grammatical Constructions 675\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul Kay\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31. The Pragmatics of Polarity 701\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Israel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32. Abduction in Natural Language Understanding 724\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJerry R. Hobbs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 742\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 820\u003c\/p\u003e  “This outstanding and far-ranging compendium comprises 32 articles that trace the contours of the field of pragmatics… Overall, this is an invaluable, comprehensive, and accessible volume that covers the broad range of pragmatic study embedded in cognitive, social, and cultural aspects of language and communication. Highly recommended.” \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eChoice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Handbook of Pragmatics\u003c\/i\u003e presents a stunning view of the range of research enterprises and programs of those who have taken linguistic pragmatics 'out of the wastebasket'. Larry Horn and Gregory Ward have demonstrated by their selections and groupings an uncanny understanding of the coherence of this field and their book will stand as a landmark in linguistics for a long time to come.” \u003ci\u003eEllen F. Prince, University of Pennsylvania\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"It takes erudition, vision, and good taste to compile a good handbook of any field, even more so in the notoriously unruly field of pragmatics. Larry Horn and Gregory Ward have all of these. The editors have gathered together an excellent array of contributors to give us a handbook that will prove eminently useful to scholars and students within and outside pragmatics. Readers will find in it a reliable guide to the main pragmatic questions of the last three decades, which is insightful, up-to-date, authoritative, and accessible.\" \u003ci\u003eMira Ariel, Tel Aviv University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"It doesn't take much reading between the lines to see that this is a stunning collection of essays, written by a cadre of the field's best. Quality: superb. Quantity: vast. Relation: everything there is that's relevant to pragmatics. Manner: as clear as it gets!\" \u003ci\u003eIvan A. Sag, Stanford University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"All in all, the \u003ci\u003eHandbook of Pragmatics\u003c\/i\u003e represents a broad spectrum of interests ... The collection's value is enhanced by an excellent \"Introduction\" from the joint hands of the editors, Larry Horn and Gregory Ward ... The book has been superbly produced, and the articles read generally very well.\" \u003ci\u003eIntercultural Pragmatics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eLaurence R. Horn\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Yale University Department of Linguistics. His publications include \u003ci\u003eA Natural History of Negation\u003c\/i\u003e (1989\/2001) and numerous articles addressing the union (if not the intersection) of lexical semantics, negation, and neo-Gricean approaches to meaning in natural language. He is currently working on a new book, \u003ci\u003eLexical Pragmatics\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGregory Ward\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Linguistics at Northwestern University. His extensive publications in the area of pragmatics and information structure include \u003ci\u003eInformation Status and Noncanonical Word Order in English\u003c\/i\u003e (with Betty Birner, 1998) and \u003ci\u003eThe Semantics and Pragmatics of Preposing\u003c\/i\u003e (1988). He is also editor of a new series on language in the real word and currently serves as Secretary-Treasurer of the Linguistic Society of America.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003ci\u003eThe Handbook of Pragmatics\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of original articles that outline the central themes and challenges for current research in the field of linguistic pragmatics. The 32 articles, written by leading scholars, provide an authoritative and accessible introduction to the field, including an overview of the foundations of pragmatic theory and a detailed examination of the rich and varied theoretical and empirical subdomains of pragmatics. \u003cp\u003eThis Handbook is a valuable resource for both students and professional researchers investigating the properties of meaning, reference, and context in natural language. It will be of particular interest to those exploring the interfaces of pragmatics with syntax, semantics, lexicon, philosophy of language, information theory, and cognitive psychology. The extensive bibliography serves as a self-contained research tool for those working in the general area of pragmatics and allied fields in linguistics, philosophy and cognitive science.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990253289701,"sku":"NP9780631225485","price":80.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631225485.jpg?v=1761787076","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-handbook-of-pragmatics-isbn-9780631225485","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}