Pragmatics and Grammar by Mira Ariel
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.
Mira Ariel is a Professor in the Linguistics Department at Tel Aviv University, Israel.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521559942 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521559944 |
| Title | Pragmatics and Grammar |
| Author | Mira Ariel |
| Series | Cambridge Textbooks In Linguistics |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2008-07-10 |
| Number of pages | 362 |
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