Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language
study and are one-stop resources for students.
Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the series offer an accessible
overview of the subject, with activities, study questions, sample
analyses, commentaries, and key readings - all in the same volume. The
innovative and flexible 'two-dimensional' structure is built around four
sections - introduction, development, exploration, and extension - that
offer self-contained stages for study. Each topic can also be read
across these sections, enabling the reader to gradually build on the
knowledge gained.
Now in its fourth edition, this best-selling textbook:
- Covers the core areas of the subject: speech acts, the cooperative
principle, relevance theory, corpus pragmatics, politeness theory, and
critical discourse analysis
- Has updated and new sections on intercultural and cross-cultural
pragmatics, critical discourse analysis and the pragmatics of power,
second language pragmatic competence development, impoliteness,
post-truth discourse, vague language, pragmatic markers, formulaic
sequences, and online corpus tools
- Draws on a wealth of texts in a variety of languages, including
political TV interviews, newspaper articles, extracts from classic
novels and plays, recent international films, humorous narratives, and
exchanges on email, messaging, Facebook, Twitter, and WhatsApp
- Provides recent readings from leading scholars in the discipline,
including Jonathan Culpeper, Lynne Flowerdew, and César
Félix-Brasdefer
- Is accompanied by eResources featuring extra material and activities.
Written by two experienced teachers and researchers, this accessible
textbook is an essential resource for all students of English language
and linguistics.
