Pragmatics and Grammar
(Part of the Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics Series and Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics Series)
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When using language, many aspects of our messages are left implicit in what we say. While grammar is responsible for what we express explicitly, pragmatics explains how we infer additional meanings. The problem is that it is not always a trivial matter to decide which of the meanings conveyed is explicit (grammatical) and which implicit (pragmatic). Pragmatics and Grammar lays out a methodology for students and scholars to distinguish between the two. It explains how and why grammar and pragmatics combine together in natural discourse, and how pragmatic uses become grammatical in time.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521559944
ISBN13:9780521559942
Release Date:July 2008
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:362 Pages
Weight:1.58 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.8" x 9.6"
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