282 Pages
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Routledge
282 Pages
by
Routledge
282 Pages
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Routledge
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This user-friendly introduction to a new ‘performative’ methodology in linguistic pragmatics breaks away from the traditional approach which understands language as a machine. Drawing on a wide spectrum of research and theory from the past thirty years in particular, Douglas Robinson presents a combination of ‘action-oriented approaches’ from sources such as J.L. Austin, H. Paul Grice, Harold... Read more
Preface. The Structure of the Book. Acknowledgments. List of Tables Part 1: Introduction 1. Metaphors of Language 2. Histories of Linguistics Part 2: Speech Acts 3. Performatives: Words That Transform Reality 4. Types of Speech Act 5. Creating Context 6. Taking Turns Part 3: Implicatures 7. Manipulating Maxims 8. Divergent Maxims 9. Conversational Invocature. Works Cited. Index
Biography
Douglas Robinson is professor of English at the University of Mississippi. His previous publications include Performative Linguistics (Routledge, 2003) and Becoming a Translator (Routledge, 1997, rev. ed. 2003).
