{"product_id":"introduction-to-pragmatics-9781405175838","title":"Introduction to Pragmatics","description":"\u003ci\u003eIntroduction to Pragmatics\u003c\/i\u003e guides students through traditional and new approaches in the field, focusing particularly on phenomena at the elusive semantics\/pragmatics boundary to explore the role of context in linguistic communication. \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers students an accessible introduction and an up-to-date survey of the field, encompassing both established and new approaches to pragmatics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAddresses the traditional range of topics - such as implicature, reference, presupposition, and speech acts - as well as newer areas of research, including neo-Gricean theories, Relevance\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTheory, information structure, inference, and dynamic approaches to meaning\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the relationship and boundaries between semantics and pragmatics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIdeal for students coming to pragmatics for the first time\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-1251321\"\u003eBetty J. Birner\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e John Wiley \u0026amp; Sons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/14\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.70h x 6.70w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781405175838\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1405175834\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LAN\"\u003eLanguage Arts \u0026amp; Disciplines\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LAN009030\"\u003eLinguistics | Pragmatics\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LAN\"\u003eLanguage Arts \u0026amp; Disciplines\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LAN016000\"\u003eLinguistics | Semantics\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC052000\"\u003eMedia Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBetty J. Birner\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Linguistics in the Department of English at Northern Illinois University. She is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Discourse Function of Inversion in English\u003c\/i\u003e (1996), \u003ci\u003eInformation Status and Noncanonical Word Order in English\u003c\/i\u003e (with Gregory Ward, 1998), and\u003ci\u003e Drawing the Boundaries of Meaning: Neo-Gricean Studies in Pragmatics and Semantics in Honor of Laurence R. Horn\u003c\/i\u003e (with Gregory Ward, 2006).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44692894154989,"sku":"9781405175838","price":89.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_578f2be3-db74-4b35-825d-f6f806cfa4b4.jpg?v=1703744412","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/introduction-to-pragmatics-9781405175838","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}