1st Edition

The Routledge Pragmatics Encyclopedia

Edited By Louise Cummings Copyright 2010
674 Pages
by Routledge

674 Pages
by Routledge

680 Pages
by Routledge

Pragmatics has grown considerably in its relatively short history, from its original disciplinary influences in philosophy and linguistics, into a multidisciplinary field that encompasses a range of theoretical and empirical concerns. The Routledge Pragmatics Encyclopedia captures the diversity of these intellectual interests in a comprehensive, single-volume edition. The Routledge Pragmatics... Read more

Board of consultants. List of contributors. Preface. Acknowledgements. Entries A-Z. Bibliography. Index.

Biography

Louise Cummings is a Professor of Linguistics at Nottingham Trent University, where she teaches advanced level modules in pragmatics and clinical linguistics.

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