Pragmatics

<p><em>Routledge English Language Introductions</em> cover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students. </p><p>Assuming no prior knowledge books in the series offer an accessible overview of the subject with activities study questions sample analyses commentaries and key readings – all in the same volume. The innovative and flexible ‘two-dimensional’ structure is built around four sections – introduction development exploration and extension – that offer self-contained stages for study. Each topic can also be read across these sections enabling the reader to gradually build on the knowledge gained.</p><p>Now in its fourth edition this best-selling textbook:</p><ul> <li>Covers the core areas of the subject: speech acts the cooperative principle relevance theory corpus pragmatics politeness theory and critical discourse analysis </li> <p> </p> <li>Has updated and new sections on intercultural and cross-cultural pragmatics critical discourse analysis and the pragmatics of power second language pragmatic competence development impoliteness post-truth discourse vague language pragmatic markers formulaic sequences and online corpus tools </li> <p> </p> <li>Draws on a wealth of texts in a variety of languages including political TV interviews newspaper articles extracts from classic novels and plays recent international films humorous narratives and exchanges on email messaging Facebook Twitter and WhatsApp </li> <p> </p> <li>Provides recent readings from leading scholars in the discipline including Jonathan Culpeper Lynne Flowerdew and César Félix-Brasdefer </li> <p> </p> <li>Is accompanied by eResources featuring extra material and activities.</li> </ul><p>Written by two experienced teachers and researchers this accessible textbook is an essential resource for all students of English language and linguistics.</p>