Introducing Pragmatics in Use is a lively and accessible introduction
to pragmatics which both covers theory and applies it to real spoken and
written data. This textbook systematically draws on a number of
different language corpora and the corresponding software applications.
Its primary focus is the application of a corpus methodology in order to
examine core component areas such as deixis, politeness, speech acts,
language variation and register. The main goal of the book is to
contextualise pragmatics in the study of language through the analysis
of different language contexts provided by spoken and written corpora.
Substantially revised and updated, this second edition covers a wider
range of topics, corpora and software packages. It consistently
demonstrates the benefits of innovative analytical synergies and extends
this to how corpus pragmatics can be further blended with, for example,
conversation analysis or variational pragmatics. The second edition also
offers a new chapter specifically dedicated to corpus pragmatics which
proposes a framework for both form-to-function and function-to-form
approaches. The book also addresses the - sometimes thorny - area of the
integration of the teaching of pragmatics into the language classroom.
All chapters in the second edition include a number of cohesive,
step-by-step tasks that can be done in small groups in class or can be
used as self-study resources.
A wide range of illustrative language samples drawn from a number of
English language corpora, coupled with instructive tasks and annotated
further reading sections, make this an ideal textbook for advanced
undergraduate or postgraduate students of pragmatics, discourse analysis
and corpus linguistics within applied languages / linguistics or TESOL
programmes.
