Defining pragmatics /

Although there is no shortage of definitions for pragmatics the received wisdom is that 'pragmatics' simply cannot be coherently defined. In this groundbreaking book Mira Ariel challenges the prominent definitions of pragmatics, as well as the widely-held assumption that specific topics -...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Ariel, Mira
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Series:	Research surveys in linguistics.
Subjects:	Pragmatics.
Online Access:	Cover image