Explorations in Pragmatics : : Linguistic, Cognitive and Intercultural Aspects / / ed. by Istvan Kecskes, Laurence R. Horn.

The papers in this volume reflect current trends in international research in pragmatics over recent years. The unique feature of the book is that the authors coming from ten different countries represent all aspects of pragmatics and address issues that have emerged as the result of recent research...

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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2008]
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Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
Series:Mouton Series in Pragmatics [MSP] , 1
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Physical Description:1 online resource (348 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Philosophical and Linguistic
  • Aspects
  • What is language: Some preliminary remarks
  • Toward a Fregean pragmatics: Voraussetzung,
  • Nebengedanke, Andeutung
  • Part II: Cognitive Aspects
  • The role of explicature in communication and in
  • intercultural communication
  • Illocutionary constructions: Cognitive motivation
  • and linguistic realization
  • “A good Arab is not a dead Arab – a racist
  • incitement”: On the accessibility of negated concepts
  • Part III: Intercultural Aspects
  • Developing pragmatics interculturally
  • Formulaic language in English Lingua Franca
  • Language evolution, pragmatic inference, and the
  • use of English as a lingua franca
  • On non-reductionist intercultural pragmatics and
  • methodological procedure
  • From downgrading to (over) intensifying: A
  • pragmatic study in English and French
  • Toward a universal notion of face for a universal
  • notion of cooperation
  • Backmatter