Pragmatics and Grammar (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521550185)

When using language, many aspects of our messages are left implicit in what we say. While grammar is responsible for what we express explicitly, pragmatics explains how we infer additional meanings. The problem is that it is not always a trivial matter to decide which of the meanings conveyed is explicit (grammatical) and which implicit (pragmatic). Pragmatics and Grammar lays out a methodology for students and scholars to distinguish between the two. It explains how and why grammar and pragmatics combine together in natural discourse, and how pragmatic uses become grammatical in time.

Author: Mira Ariel
ISBN-10: 0521550181
ISBN-13: 9780521550185
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/10/2008
Pages: 364
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.51lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.81d