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Mouton Series in Pragmatics [Msp] Ser.: Why Language? : What Pragmatics Tells Us about Language and Communication by Jacques Moeschler (2021, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherDE Gruyter, Inc.
ISBN-103110723328
ISBN-139783110723328
eBay Product ID (ePID)19050420114
Product Key Features
Number of Pages261 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameWhy Language? : What Pragmatics Tells Us about Language and Communication
SubjectLinguistics / General, Linguistics / Pragmatics
Publication Year2021
TypeTextbook
AuthorJacques Moeschler
Subject AreaLanguage Arts & Disciplines
SeriesMouton Series in Pragmatics [Msp] Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight17.9 Oz
Item Length9.1 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2021-938384
Dewey Edition23
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
Series Volume Number25
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal306.44
Grade ToCollege Graduate Student
SynopsisThere is, at present, no book introducing the general issue of why language is specific to human beings, how it works, why language is not communication and communication is not language, why languages vary and how they evolved. Based on the most recent works in linguistics and pragmatics, Why Language? addresses many questions that everyone has about language. Starting from false claims about language and languages, showing that language is not communication and communication is not language, the first part (Language and Communication) ends by proposing a difference between linguistic rules and communicative principles. The second part (Language, Society, Discourse) includes domains of language and language uses which are generally taken as extrinsic to language, such as language variety, discourse and non-ordinary (literary) usages. Special attention is given to figures of discourse (metaphor, metonymy, irony) and literary usages such as narration and free indirect style. The reader, either specialist or amateur in language science, will find a first and unique synthesis about what we know today about language and what we have yet to learn, sketching what could be the future of linguistics in the next decades., Mouton Series in Pragmatics (MSP) is a timely response to the growing demand for innovative and authoritative monographs and edited volumes from all angles of pragmatics. Recent theoretical work on the semantics/pragmatics interface, applications of evolutionary biology to the study of language, and empirical work within cognitive and developmental psychology and intercultural communication has directed attention to issues that warrant reexamination, as well as revision of some of the central tenets and claims of the field of pragmatics. The series welcomes proposals that reflect this endeavour and exploration within the discipline and neighboring fields such as language philosophy, communication, information science, sociolinguistics, second language acquisition and cognitive science. MSP will provide a forum for authors who represent different subfields of pragmatics including the linguistic, cognitive, social, and intercultural paradigms, and have important and intriguing ideas and research findings to share with scholars who are interested in linguistics in general and pragmatics in particular.
LC Classification NumberP99.4.P72
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