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Pragmatics

by Chris Cummins

English pragmatics, from theory to evidence

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English pragmatics, from theory to evidence

Chris Cummins’s textbook examines how speakers convey—and listeners recover—meanings that go beyond the literal content of words. It brings theoretical questions into contact with empirical research, drawing on psycholinguistic experiments, language acquisition studies, corpus research, and examples from English. Chapter-end exercises and discussion topics give the material an investigative dimension: students are prompted to consider both how pragmatic meaning might be explained and what evidence supports those explanations. The book’s scope connects pragmatics with related fields while keeping the focus on the capabilities involved in interpreting non-literal meaning.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Students studying English pragmatics or linguistics
  • Readers interested in how context contributes to meaning
  • Students who want exercises alongside theoretical and empirical discussion

Themes

Pragmatic meaningNon-literal communicationEmpirical research in linguisticsLanguage acquisition

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Book overview

An exploration of English pragmatics with a thorough integration of theoretical and experimental research
A central goal of pragmatics is to identify the capabilities that underpin our ability to communicate 'non-literal' meanings. Guiding students through the many facets of English pragmatics, this textbook discusses the ways in which people successfully convey and recover meanings that are not simply associated with the combinations of words that they use.
The book draws on a broad range of data, including psycholinguistic experimentation, studies of acquisition and corpus research, and uses real examples from English to illuminate contemporary debates in pragmatics and related fields. With exercises and discussion topics at the end of each chapter, it invites students to explore how pragmatic meaning can be explained in theoretical terms and contemplate whether these explanations command empirical support.

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