Studies in Comparative Pragmatics (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781527536982)

In the current discourse in pragmatics, multi-perspective methods are seen as the best way to understand language use in context. Within this discussion, the volume adopts diverse approaches to pragmatics, and focuses on comparing a wide selection of languages, including English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Japanese, Polish, and Swedish. The contributions deal with grammatical expressions, prosody, textual genres and speech acts, which occur in different social interactions and in multicultural environments, including foreign language learning and lingua franca situations.

Each topic is analysed by comparing its usage in at least two different languages or by contrasting the linguistic behaviour of different groups of language users.

Author: Juhani Härmä
ISBN-10: 152753698X
ISBN-13: 9781527536982
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2019
Pages: 228
Format: Hardcover