{"product_id":"9781405175838","title":"Introduction to Pragmatics","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBlackwell Textbooks in Linguistics\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eIntroduction to Pragmatics\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBetty J. Birner\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage Arts \u0026amp; Disciplines \/ Linguistics \/ Pragmatics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eIntroduction to Pragmatics\u003c\/i\u003e guides students through traditional and new approaches in the field, focusing particularly on phenomena at the elusive semantics\/pragmatics boundary to explore the role of context in linguistic communication.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers students an accessible introduction and an up-to-date survey of the field, encompassing both established and new approaches to pragmatics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAddresses the traditional range of topics – such as implicature, reference, presupposition, and speech acts – as well as newer areas of research, including neo-Gricean theories, Relevance\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTheory, information structure, inference, and dynamic approaches to meaning\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the relationship and boundaries between semantics and pragmatics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIdeal for students coming to pragmatics for the first time\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eBetty J. Birner\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Linguistics in the Department of English at Northern Illinois University. She is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Discourse Function of Inversion in English\u003c\/i\u003e (1996), \u003ci\u003eInformation Status and Noncanonical Word Order in English\u003c\/i\u003e (with Gregory Ward, 1998), and\u003ci\u003e Drawing the Boundaries of Meaning: Neo-Gricean Studies in Pragmatics and Semantics in Honor of Laurence R. Horn\u003c\/i\u003e (with Gregory Ward, 2006).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e01 October 2012\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405175838\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e352\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20.8\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44377819840652,"sku":"9781405175838","price":48.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405175838.jpg?v=1780282204","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781405175838","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}