The Pragmatics Reader (Paperback)

Acknowledgements 1. Introduction - Dawn Archer and Peter Grundy 2. Linguistic Pragmatics. Editors' introduction to Section 2. 2.1. How To Do Things With Words - J. L. Austin 2.2. Indirect Speech Acts - John R. Searle 2.3. Logic and Conversation - H. P. Grice 2.4. Western Linguistics: An Historical Introduction - Pieter A. M. Seuren 2.5. Pragmatic Presuppositions - Robert C. Stalnaker 3. Post-Gricean Pragmatics. Editors' introduction to Section 3. 3.1. Neo-Gricean Pragmatics 3.1.1. Presumptive Meanings - Stephen C. Levinson 3.1.2. Some Perspectives On Lexical Pragmatics - Reinhard Blutner 3.2. Relevance Theory 3.2.1. Relevance Theory - Diane Blakemore 3.2.2. Recent Developments In Relevance Theory - Billy Clark 3.2.3. Thoughts and Utterances - Robyn Carston 3.2.4 The Mapping Between the Mental and the Public Lexicon - Dan Sperber and Deirdre Wilson 4. Indexicality. Editors' introduction to Section 4. 4.1. DEIXIS - Stephen C. Levinson 4.2. Alternate Grounds in the Interpretation of Deictic Expressions - Jo Rubba 4.3. Notes on the Role of Metapragmatic Awareness - Jef Verschueren 5. Historical Pragmatics. Editors' introduction to Section 5. 5.1. The Role Of Pragmatics In Semantic Change - Elizabeth Close Traugott 5.2. Pragmatic Markers In English: Grammaticalization And Discourse Functions - Laurel J. Brinton 5.3. Diachronic Speech Act Analysis: Insults From Flyting To Flaming - Andreas H. Jucker and Irma Taavitsainen 6. Politeness, Face and Impoliteness. Editors' introduction to Section 6. 6.1. On Face-Work: An Analysis Of Ritual Elements In Social Interaction - Erving Goffman 6.2. Politeness: Some Universals in Language Usage - Penelope Brown and Stephen C. Levinson 6.3. Relational Work And Impoliteness: Negotiating Norms Of Linguistic Behaviour - Miriam A. Locher and Richard J. Watts 6.4. Impoliteness And Entertainment In The Television Quiz Show: The Weakest Link - Jonathan Culpeper 7. Cross-cultural and intercultural pragmatics. Editors' introduction to Section 7. 7.1. Cross-Cultural Pragmatics: Requests and Apologies - Shoshana Blum-Kulka, Julianne House and Gabriele Kasper 7.2. Why Can't Learners Of JFL Distinguish Polite From Impolite Speech Styles? - Haruko Minegishi Cook 7.3. Intercultural Pragmatics - Istvan Kecskes 8. Pragmatics and Conversation - Development and Impairment. Editors' introduction to Section 8. 8.1. Pragmatic Development - Anat Ninio and Catherine E. Snow 8.2. Discourse, Pragmatics, Conversation, Analysis - Emanuel A. Schegloff 8.3. Conversations With An Alzheimer's Patient - Heidi Ehrenberger Hamilton 9. Pragmaticians on Pragmatics. Editors' introduction to Section 9. 9.1. Against Rationalistic Pragmatics - Roman Kopytko 9.2. Pragmatics In The Late Twentieth Century: Countering Recent Historiographic Neglect - Jon F. Pressman 9.3. From the Ideal, the Ordinary, and the Orderly to Conflict and Violence in Pragmatic Research - Charles L. Briggs 10. Theory and Practice in Pragmatics - Dawn Archer