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050 0 0 _aP99.4.P72
_bA75 2010
100 1 _aAriel, Mira.
245 1 0 _aDefining pragmatics /
_cMira Ariel.
260 _aNew York :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2010.
300 _axviii, 330 p. ;
_c24 cm.
490 1 _aResearch surveys in linguistics
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505 0 _a1. What's under the big-tent pragmatics? -- 2. Surveying multiple-criterion definitions for pragmatics -- 3. Problematizing the criteria -- 4. Grammar as code, pragmatics as inference -- 5. Inferential pragmatic theories -- 6. The canon -- 7. Functional syntax -- 8. Beyond pragmatics -- 9. Many questions, some resolutions.
520 _a"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 - implicatures, deixis, speech acts, politeness - naturally and uniformly belong on the pragmatics turf. She reconstitutes the field, defining grammar as a set of conventional codes, and pragmatics as a set of inferences, rationally derived. The book applies this division of labor between codes and inferences to many classical pragmatic phenomena, and even to phenomena considered 'beyond pragmatics'. Surprisingly, although some of these turn out pragmatic, others actually turn out grammatical. Additional intriguing questions addressed in the book include: why is it sometimes difficult to distinguish grammar from pragmatics? Why is there no grand design behind grammar nor behind pragmatics? Are all extragrammatical phenomena pragmatic?"--
650 0 _aPragmatics.
830 0 _aResearch surveys in linguistics.
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