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  • Fresh Perspectives on Major Issues in Pragmatics

    Edited by Monika Kirner-Ludwig ...
    Series series Routledge Research on New Waves in Pragmatics
    This book showcases new and innovative developments and approaches in pragmatics, spotlighting perspectives from an international range of emerging scholars undertaking cutting-edge research pushing the field in new directions.The volume begins by taking stock of the most up-to-date developments in pragmatics research, as embodied by the work of a newer generation of pragmaticists. Chapters are ... Read more

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  • Telecinematic Stylistics

    Series series Advances in Stylistics
    Over the last two decades, the study of discourse in film and television has become one of the most promising research avenues in stylistics and pragmatics due to the dazzling variety of source material and the huge pragmatic range within it. Meanwhile, with the advent of streaming and the box set, film and television themselves are becoming separated by an increasingly blurred line.This volume ... Read more

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  • Error Analysis

    Perspectives on Second Language Acquisition

    Series series Applied Linguistics and Language Study
    The eleven essays in this book cover a wide range of topics from the role of 'interlanguage' and the influence of external factors on the process of language learning, to the development of syntax and the methodology of error analysis. Collectively they provide a valuable perspective on the learning process, which both enriches our theoretical understanding of the processes underlying second ... Read more

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  • Understanding Pragmatics

    by Gunter Senft ...
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    Understanding Pragmatics takes an interdisciplinary approach to provide an accessible introduction to linguistic pragmatics. This book discusses how the meaning of utterances can only be understood in relation to overall cultural, social and interpersonal contexts, as well as to culture specific conventions and the speech events in which they are embedded. From a cross-linguistic and cross ... Read more

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    Series series Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics
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