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Principles of Pragmatics (Longman Linguistics Library, Band 30)
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In this respect, Geoffrey Leech argues for a rapprochement between linguistics and the traditional discipline of rhetoric. He does not reject the Chomskvan revolution of linguistics, but rather maintains that the language system in the abstract - i.e. the 'grammar' broadly in Chomsky's sense - must be studied in relation to a fully developed theory of language use. There is therefore a division of labour between grammar and rhetoric, or (in the study of meaning) between semantics and pragmatics.
The book's main focus is thus on the development of a model of pragmatics within an overall functional model of language. In this it builds on the speech avct theory of Austin and Searle, and the theory of conversational implicature of Grice, but at the same time enlarges pragmatics to include politeness, irony, phatic communion, and other social principles of linguistic behaviour.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
264
Release Date:
1983-07-04
Publication Date:
1983-07-04
Publisher:
Routledge
Languages:
Published:
English,
Original:
English
ISBN10:
0582551102
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
Weight:
318 g
Height:
21.5 cm
Width:
13.7 cm
Thickness:
1.5 cm
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