Pragmatics: A Slim Guide
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This book offers a concise but comprehensive entry-level guide to the study of meaning in context. There can be a big difference between what a speaker says and what they mean - i.e. between literal meaning and intended meaning. A speaker who says I need coffee can mean anything from 'Please buy more coffee' to 'I'm really sleepy'. How is a hearer to know? In this book, Betty Birner explores how we get from what is said to what is meant, from the...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0198828594
ISBN13:9780198828594
Release Date:March 2021
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:192 Pages
Weight:0.50 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.2" x 8.4"
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