Pragmatics for Language Educators : a Sociolinguistic Perspective. by LoCastro, Virginia

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Pragmatics For Language Educators A Sociolinguistic Perspective; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Transcription Conventions; Part I : What Is Pragmatics?…”
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The pragmatics of Irish English /

Table of Contents: “…/ Gillian Martin -- Whatcha mean? the pragmatics of intercultural business communication in financial shared service centres / Sophie Cacciaguidi-Fahy and Martin Fahy -- Forty two so please : politeness for sale in Southern-Irish service encounters / James Binchy -- Irish English in the public sphere you've a daughter yourself? …”
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Acquisition in interlanguage pragmatics : learning how to do things with words in a study abroad context / by Barron, Anne

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- A pragmatic approach -- Acquisitional issues in learner pragmatics -- Experimental design; -- A pragmatic analysis -- Conclusion.…”
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Pan-Africanism or Pragmatism : Lessons of the Tanganyika-Zanzibar Union. by Shivji, Issa G.

Table of Contents: “…; Chapter Three -- THE UNION; THE CONTEXT: EAST AFRICAN UNITY; THE PUSH: IMPERIALIST PRESSURES; THE RESULT: A PRAGMATIC UNION; Signing of the Articles of Union; Ratification of the Articles of Union; THE INTERIM FRAMEWORK OF THE UNION; SUMMING UP: THE UNION'S SHAKY FOUNDATIONS; Chapter Four -- NYERERE'S INTERIM CONSTITUTION AND KARUME'S EXTRA-CONSTITUTIONALITY; THE AFTERMATH OF THE UNION; THE RISE OF AN AUTOCRAT.…”
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Pragmatic security metrics : applying metametrics to information security / by Brotby, W. Krag

Table of Contents: “…; Chapter 3 -- The Art and Science of Security Metrics; Chapter 4 -- Audiences for Security Metrics; Chapter 5 -- Finding Candidate Metrics; Chapter 6 -- Metametrics and the PRAGMATIC Approach; Chapter 7 -- 150+ Example Security Metrics; Chapter 8 -- Designing PRAGMATIC Security Measurement System; Chapter 9 -- Advanced Information Security Metrics; Chapter 10 -- Downsides of Metrics; Chapter 11 -- Using PRAGMATIC Metrics in Practice.…”
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Pragmatic competence and relevance / by Ifantidou, Elly

Table of Contents: “…The scope of pragmatics; 1.1 Language and verbal communication; 1.2 Meaning and the semantics/pragmatics distinction; 1.3 Pragmatic competence and criteria for delimitation; Chapter 2. …”
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The semantics-pragmatics controversy / by Börjesson, Kristin, 1977-

Table of Contents: “…Underspecification in the Lexicon; 2.4.2 Empirical Evidence for Semantic vs. Pragmatic Processing.…”
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The Pragmatic Turn in Law : Inference and Interpretation in Legal Discourse. by Giltrow, Janet

Table of Contents: “…Introduction; I. Linguistic-pragmatic approaches to inference in law; 2. Telling it slant: Toward a taxonomy of deception; 3. …”
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Plutarch's pragmatic biographies : lessons for statesmen and generals in The parallel lives /

Table of Contents: “…Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Sources and Abbreviations; List of Tables; Introduction; Part 1 Training the Politikos under Rome; Chapter 1 Plutarch and His Audience; 1.1 Plutarch's Concept of the Politikos; 1.2 Plutarch's Audience as Politikoi; 1.3 Political Careers Open to the Educated Elite; 1.4 Conclusion: Implications for Interpreting the Parallel Lives; Chapter 2 Pragmatic Literature for Statesmen and Generals; 2.1 Advice Literature; 2.2 Pragmatic History; 2.3 Individual Lives of Statesmen and Generals: Nepos and Plutarch…”
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Pragmatic markers and peripheries /

Table of Contents: “…Pragmatic markers and peripheries: An overview -- 1. …”
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Pragmatics and Corpus Linguistics : a Mutualistic Entente. by Romero-Trillo, Jesus

Table of Contents: “…Frontmatter; Contents; Introduction: Pragmatics and corpus linguistics -- a mutualistic entente; At the interface between grammar and discourse -- a corpus-based study of some pragmatic markers; The subjectivity of basically in British English -- a corpus-based study; Variation in advanced oral interlanguage: The effect of proficiency on style choice; The use(fulness) of corpus research incross-cultural pragmatics: Complaining in intercultural service encounters; Hesitation markers among EFL learners: Pragmatic deficiency or difference?…”
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Control in grammar and pragmatics : a cross-linguistic study / by Růžička, Rudolf

Table of Contents: “…CONTROL IN GRAMMAR AND PRAGMATICS; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Preface; Contents; Chapter 1. …”
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Metonymy and pragmatic inferencing /

Table of Contents: “…The place of metonymy in cognition and pragmatics; Cognitive operations and pragmatic implication; Metonymy and conceptual blending; The case for a metonymic basis of pragmatic inferencing.…”
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Developing Contrastive Pragmatics : Interlanguage and Cross-Cultural Perspectives. by Ptz, Martin

Table of Contents: “…Frontmatter ; Contents; Introduction: Developing contrastive pragmatics; A conceptual basis for intercultural pragmatics and world-wide understanding; Sociocultural conceptualizations: Schemas and metaphorical transfer as metalinguistic learning strategies for French learners of German ; An investigation into the pragmatics of grammar: Cultural scripts in contrast; Argumentation patterns in different languages: An analysis of metadiscourse markers in English and Spanish texts; The management of global cultural diversity in ELT materials.…”
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Pragmatics of Quoting Now and Then. by Arendholz, Jenny

Table of Contents: “…Scare Quoted (Exclusive) Focus Particles at the Semantics/ Pragmatics Interface --…”
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Socioeconomic pragmatic variation : speech acts and address forms in context / by Staley, Larssyn

Table of Contents: “…Variational pragmatics -- Pragmatics and variation -- The Los Angeles restaurant study -- Shared characteristics of service encounter discourse -- Restaurant service encounter offers -- You're very welcome, you got it, yeah absolutely: Thanks responses in three socioeconomic settings -- Address forms in LARC.…”
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From pragmatics to dialogue /

Table of Contents: “…Dialogue: The key to pragmatics / Edda Weigand -- Humboldt, Bhartrihari, and the dialogic / Lisbeth A. …”
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Interlanguage pragmatic development : the study abroad context / by Schauer, Gila A.

Table of Contents: “…List of Tables; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 A Review of the Literature; 3 Data Collection Techniques in Interlanguage Pragmatics; 4 Methodology; 5 Development of Pragmatic Awareness; 6 Development of Pragmatic Production: Request Strategies; 7 Development of Pragmatic Production: Internal Request Modifi cation; 8 Development of Pragmatic Production: External Request Modification; 9 Summary and Conclusion; Appendices; References; Index.…”
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Pragmatics of Mathematics Education : Vagueness and Mathematical Discourse. by Rowland, Tim

Table of Contents: “…Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Series Editor's Preface; Preface; Acknowledgments; Preview and Methodology; Generalization; Perspectives on Vagueness; Discourse and Interpretation; Pointing with Pronouns; Hedges; Estimation and Uncertainty; Pragmatics, Teaching and Learning; Summary and Review; Transcript Conventions; Index of Transcripts; References; Author Index; Subject Index.…”
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Pragmatic markers in English : grammaticalization and discourse functions / by Brinton, Laurel J.

Table of Contents: “…Typologies of pragmatic markers in Modern English -- Appendix C. …”
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Pragmatics of Speech Actions /

Subjects: “…Pragmatics.…”
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Pragmatism as Post-Postmodernism : Lessons from John Dewey. by Kates, Joshua

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Evolutionary pragmatism and ethics / by Eddy, Beth, 1955-

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Grounds of pragmatic realism : Hegel's internal critique and reconstruction of Kant's critical philosophy / by Westphal, Kenneth R.

Table of Contents: “…HEGEL'S SYSTEMATIC CRITICAL PRAGMATIC REALISM --…”
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Principled pragmatism in practice : the EU's policy towards Russia after Crimea /

Table of Contents: “…-- Thomas Kruessmann -- part 5 -- Supporting Russian Civil Society and People-to-People Contacts -- 16 Principled Pragmatism and Civil Society in the EU Policies Towards Russia -- Elena Belokurova and Andrey Demidov -- 17 A Crisis or a Turning Point? …”
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Making Semantics Pragmatic. by Turner, Ken

Table of Contents: “…Front Cover; Making Semantics Pragmatic; Copyright Page; Contents; 1 Introduction: Preliminary 'sketches of landscapes'; 2 Whatever Happened to Meaning? …”
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Pragmatics and the Philosophy of Mind : Vol. I: Thought in Language. by Dascal, Marcelo

Table of Contents: “…PRAGMATICS AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF MIND I THOUGHT IN LANGUAGE; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Table of contents; PREFACE; 1. …”
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Experimental pragmatics/semantics /

Table of Contents: “…Experimental Pragmatics/Semantics; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface; List of contributors; Introduction; The development of conversational competence in children with Specific Language Impairment; The impact of literal meaning on what-is-said; Discourse under control in ambiguous sentences; Pragmatic children; Adult response uniformity distinguishes semantics from pragmatics; Numerals and scalar implicatures; Meaning in the objects; Blocking modal enrichment (Tatsächlich); The hepatitis called ... ; The role of QUD and focus on the scalar implicature of most.…”
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Key notions for pragmatics /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the pragmatic perspective / Jef Verschueren -- Adaptability / Jef Verschueren & Frank Brisard -- Channel / Stef Slembrouck -- Communication / Peter Harder -- Context and contextualization / Peter Auer -- Conversational logic / Robin Tolmach Lakoff -- Deixis / Jack Sidnell -- Implicitness / Marcella Bertuccelli Papi -- Non-verbal communication / Lluís Payrató -- Presupposition / Francesca Delogu -- Primate communication / Michael Tomasello -- Semiotics / Christiane Andersen -- Speech act theory / Marina Sbisà.…”
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Pragmatic meaning and cognition / by Marmaridou, Sophia S. A.

Table of Contents: “…Theoretical Perspectives on Pragmatic Meaning; 2. Towards an Experiential Approach toPragmatic Meaning; 3. …”
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Approaches to internet pragmatics : theory and practice /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Approaching internet pragmatics / Chaoqun Xie, Francisco Yus and Hartmut Haberland -- Expanding pragmatics : values, goals, ranking, and internet adaptability / Jacob L. …”
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Pragmatic Markers in Contrast. by Aijmer, Karin

Table of Contents: “…Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction; The Function of Adverbial Connectors in Second Initial Position in English and Swedish; The English Pragmatic Marker surely and its Functional Counterparts in Spanish; Polysemy Patterns in Contrast: The Case of Dutch toch and German doch; On the Universality of Discourse Markers; "Not now" -- On Non-Correspondence between the Cognate Adverbs now and nå; How Well can well be Translated? …”
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Pragmatism, politics, and perversity : democracy and the American party battle / by Esposito, Joseph L., 1941-

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Introduction -- Pragmatism and the democracy project -- Pragmatic political history -- A foundation on a serbonian bog -- Market state and nation state -- A judiciary for the market state -- Rogue justice -- Too much democracy -- Judicial review as ideology -- Religion and race -- Old wine in new bottles -- Rewriting history -- The great Kansas charade -- Free labor and the economics of slavery -- Civil War -- Disorder in the court -- Understanding the party battle -- Free speech in the age of the big megaphone.…”
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Semantics versus Pragmatics. by Szabo, Zoltan Gendler

Table of Contents: “…Focus: A Case Study on the Semantics--Pragmatics Boundary; 4. Semantics, Pragmatics, and the Role of Semantic Content; 5. …”
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A pragmatic alliance : Jewish-Lithuanian political cooperation at the beginning of the 20th century /

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Pragmatics and classical Sanskrit : a pilot study in linguistic politeness / by Walle, Lieve van de

Table of Contents: “…PRAGMATICS AND CLASSICAL SANSKRIT; Editorial page; Title page; Dedication; Copyright page; Table of contents; Preface; Notes; Transcript Notation; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. …”
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Methods in historical pragmatics /

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Grammar, meaning and pragmatics /

Table of Contents: “…Van Valin, Jr. -- Semantics vs. pragmatics / Ken Turner -- Tense and aspect / Robert I. …”
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Spoken language pragmatics : an analysis of form-function relations /

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The Routledge Pragmatics Encyclopedia. by Cummings, Louise

Subjects: “…Pragmatics Encyclopedias.…”
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