5th Edition

Doing Pragmatics

By Peter Grundy Copyright 2026
318 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

318 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

318 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Doing Pragmatics is a popular reader-friendly introduction to pragmatics. Embracing the comprehensive and engaging style which characterized the previous editions, this fifth edition has been fully revised. Doing Pragmatics extends beyond theory to promote an applied understanding of empirical data and provides students with the opportunity to ‘do’ pragmatics themselves. A distinctive feature... Read more

Preface 1 Using and understanding language 2 Utterances and intentions 3 Inference and utterances 4 Inference and lexical items 5 Indexicality 6 Context and language 7 Second language pragmatics Afterword Checking understanding suggestions Glossary Index

Biography

Peter Grundy taught Pragmatics at Durham University for more than 20 years before his retirement. He currently lectures on the taught masters Applied Linguistics/ TESOL programme at Durham University. He is co-editor with Dawn Archer of the Routledge Pragmatics Reader and author of several resource books for language teachers, as well as a past President of IATEFL.