{"product_id":"introducing-pragmatics-9781032011806","title":"Introducing Pragmatics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis innovative, comprehensive course textbook uses a clinical approach to explore pragmatics and pragmatic language skills.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on authentic, real-life examples of pragmatic breakdown in children and adults who have developmental or acquired language disorders, Louise Cummings expertly guides readers to core insights and principles for understanding where context and meaning in human communication meet. Key features include:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eChapter-opening learning objectives and chapter-closing summaries\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAuthentic illustrative cases of atypical pragmatic interaction\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExercises for checking knowledge and understanding\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAnnotated recommended further reading\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA detailed glossary of important terms in pragmatics and clinical linguistics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAimed equally at undergraduate and graduate students who are coming to pragmatics for the first time, the text discusses the key issues and concepts of this field in a fascinating new way. With a comm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Comprehensive, innovative, and easy-to-use, \u003ci\u003eIntroducing Pragmatics\u003c\/i\u003e is an indispensable resource for scientists and students interested in how real-life pragmatic language failures shape our understanding of effective communication. Not only does the textbook contain a wealth of material on theory and experimental studies, but also wide-ranging topics from a multi-disciplinary perspective.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfessor Elly Ifantidou, \u003cem\u003eNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Speech acts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.1 Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.2 How to realise a speech act\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.3 A new approach to meaning\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.4 Happy and unhappy performatives\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.5 Explicit and implicit performatives\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.6 Saying and doing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.7 Searle on speech acts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.8 Indirect speech acts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuggestions for further reading\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuestions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Implicatures\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.1 Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.2 Grice and the cooperative principle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.3 The cooperative principle and implicatures\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.4 Types of implicature\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.5 Properties of implicatures\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.6 Relevance theory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuggestions for further reading\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuestions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Presuppositions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.1 Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.2 The economic rationale for presupposition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.3 Presupposition triggers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.4 Properties of presuppositions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.5 Presuppositions in the real world\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuggestions for further reading\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuestions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Deixis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.1 Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.2 Person and social deixis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.3 Place deixis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.4 Time deixis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.5 Discourse deixis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.6 Anaphora\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuggestions for further reading\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuestions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Figurative language\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.1 Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.2 Idioms\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.3 Metaphors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.4 Irony\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.5 Hyperbole\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.6 Proverbs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuggestions for further reading\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuestions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Politeness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6.1 Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6.2 Brown and Levinson on politeness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6.3 Politeness and face in clinical settings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6.4 Criticisms of Brown and Levinson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuggestions for further reading\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuestions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Topic management\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7.1 Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7.2 Topic management in clinical settings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7.2.1 Topic selection\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7.2.2 Topic introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7.2.3 Topic development\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7.2.4 Topic termination\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7.3 Analysing topic management in conversation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7.4 Analysing topic management in narration\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuggestions for further reading\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuestions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Clinical pragmatics \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.1 Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.2 The communication cycle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.3 Cognition and the communication cycle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.4 Theory of mind\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.5 Executive function\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuggestions for further reading\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuestions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnswers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlossary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018788176215,"sku":"9781032011806","price":35.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032011806.jpg?v=1750778156","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/introducing-pragmatics-9781032011806","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}