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Subject(s)

• Language and languages—Study and teaching [Browse]
• Pragmatics [Browse]
• Sociolinguistics [Browse]
• Teacher-student relationships [Browse]

Series

• ESL and applied linguistics professional series. [More in this series]
• ESL & applied linguistics professional series

Summary note

• Making pragmatics accessible to a wide range of learners and teachers without dumbing down the content of the field, this text raises awareness and increases knowledge and understanding of how human beings use language in real situations to engage in social action and fosters the ability to think critically about language data and use.
• Making pragmatics accessible to a wide range of students and instructors without dumbing down the content of the field, this text for language professionals: raises awareness and increases knowledge and understanding of how human beings use language in real situations to engage in social action fosters the ability to think critically about language data and use helps readers develop the ability to "do pragmatics" The book features careful explanations of topics and concepts that are often difficult for uninitiated readers, a wealth of examples, mostly of natural speech from collected data sources, and attention to the needs of readers who are non-native speakers of English, with non-Western perspectives offered when possible. Suggested Readings, Tasks, Discussion Questions, and Data Analysis sections involve readers in extending and applying what they are reading. The exercises push readers to recall and synthesize the content, elicit relevant personal experiences and other sources of information, and engage in changing their own interactional strategies. The activities go beyond a predictable framework to invite readers to carry out real life observations and experiment to make doing pragmatics a nonjudgmental everyday practice. Making pragmatics accessible to a wide range of students and instructors without dumbing down the content of the field, this text for language professionals: raises awareness and increases knowledge and understanding of how human beings use language in real situations to engage in social action fosters the ability to think critically about language data and use helps readers develop the ability to "do pragmatics" The book features careful explanations of topics and concepts that are often difficult for uninitiated readers, a wealth of examples, mostly of natural speech from collected data sources, and attention to the needs of readers who are non-native speakers of English, with non-Western perspectives offered when possible. Suggested Readings, Tasks, Discussion Questions, and Data Analysis sections involve readers in extending and applying what they are reading. The exercises push readers to recall and synthesize the content, elicit relevant personal experiences and other sources of information, and engage in changing their own interactional strategies. The activities go beyond a predictable framework to invite readers to carry out real life observations and experiment to make doing pragmatics a nonjudgmental everyday practice.

Notes

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

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Language note

English

Contents

Preface Acknowledgements List of transcription conventions I. What is pragmatics? 1. Defining the territory 2. Principles of pragmatic meaning 3. Sociolinguistic theories of pragmatic meaning II. Core areas of pragmatics 4. Cross-cultural pragmatics 5. Interlanguage pragmatics 6. Politeness 7. Interactional construction of identity 8. Institutional Talk 9. Language, gender, and power 10. Classroom pragmatic development III. Research in sociopragmatics 11. Guidelines for small sociopragmatics projects 12. Ideas for research projects in socipragmatics IV. Conclusion 13. Pragmatic competence in our diverse world

ISBN

• 1-136-96589-0
• 1-283-46297-4
• 9786613462978
• 0-203-85094-7
• 1-136-96590-4

OCLC

• 798532213
• 782917878
• 466361088

Doi

• 10.4324/9780203850947

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