Pragmatics: An Introduction

by Jacob L. Mey

This is a succinct introduction to the burgeoning field of pragmatics, the study of language from the point of view of its users, of the choices they make, the constraints they encounter in using language in social interaction, and the effects their use of language has on other participants in an act of communication. Pragmatics reviews the work of Austin, Grice, Searle, Sacks and others and examines the implicit meaning of the irregularities of everyday conversation; and the social importance and the societal determination of even the least consciously proffered "act of language".

Genres: Linguistics, Nonfiction, Language

357 pages, Paperback

First published December 15, 1993

Reviews

[9moritz7]

Ein tolles, teilweise ins philosophische abdriftendes, aber immer lohnenswertes Buch, das aufgrund seiner Thematik, Sprache im Kontext von Gesellschaft, wirklich essenzielle Fragen über die Art und Weise wie wir miteinander interagieren aufstellt und beantwortet.

[Lise]

An introduction to the study of language from the point of view of the user. Written by one of my professors at university!