Provides an understanding of the way meaning works in natural languages, against a background of how we communicate with language. Examples are chosen mainly from English to provide material for the wider discussion of the principles of the subject, but European, East Asian and other languages also provide illuminating examples.
Meaning in Interaction: An Introduction to Pragmatics is a comprehensive introductory text which discusses the development of pragmatics - its aims and methodology - and also introduces themes that are not generally covered in other texts. Jenny Thomas focuses on the dynamic nature of speaker meaning, considering the central roles of both speaker and hearer, and takes into account the social…
Over the years, pragmatics - the study of the use and meaning of utterances to their situations - has become a more and more important branch of linguistics, as the inadequacies of a purely formalist, abstract approach to the study of language have become more evident. This book presents a rhetorical model of pragmatics: that is, a model which studies linguistic communication in terms of commun…
The study of meaning in language has developed dramatically over the last fifty years. Semantics is distinctive as it not only presents a general introduction to the topic, including the most recent developments, but it also provides a unique perspective for addressing current issues. It opens by introducing readers to the study of logic (natural deduction) as the background against which devel…
Semantik telah menjadi bagian tak terpisahkan dari kurikulum kebahasaan di sejumlah universitas, dan merupakan subjek populer bagi penelitian mahasiswa. Pada saat yang sama masih ada beberapa masalah yang belum terselesaikan yaitu berkaitan dengan tujuan, metode dan status umum dari kajian makna, Buku ini dimaksudkan untuk menjawab permasalahan yang belum terjawab sebagaimana dirumuskan di a…
Kajian semantik masih jarang dilakukan oleh para ahli linguistik, baik semantik leksikal maupun gramatikal. Makna tidak dapat terlepas dari kajian linguistik. Elemen-elemen bahasan yang masih hidup atau digunakan serta dikembangkan oleh para penuturnya akan senantiasa mengalami perubahan. Hanya saja dalam hal ini ada elemen-elemen yang lebih mudah berubah dibandingkan elemen lain. Elemen-elemen…
This study is about the principles for constructing polite speeches. The core of it first appeared in Questions and Politeness, edited by Esther N. Goody (now out of print). It is here reissued with a fresh introduction that surveys the considerable literature in linguistics, psychology and the social sciences that the original extended essay stimulated, and suggests distinct directions for res…