The Handbook of Pragmatics
The Handbook of Pragmatics is a collection of newly commissioned articles that provide an authoritative and accessible introduction to the field, including an overview of the foundations of pragmatic theory and a detailed examination of the rich and varied theoretical and empirical subdomains of pragmatics.\ \ \ Contains 32 newly commissioned articles that outline the central themes and challenges for current research in the field of linguistic pragmatics.\ Provides authoritative and...
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The Handbook of Pragmatics is a collection of original articles that outline the central themes and challenges for current research in the field of linguistic pragmatics. The 32 articles, written by leading scholars, provide an authoritative and accessible introduction to the field, including an overview of the foundations of pragmatic theory and a detailed examination of the rich and varied theoretical and empirical subdomains of pragmatics.This Handbook is a valuable resource for both students and professional researchers investigating the properties of meaning, reference, and context in natural language. It will be of particular interest to those exploring the interfaces of pragmatics with syntax, semantics, lexicon, philosophy of language, information theory, and cognitive psychology. The extensive bibliography serves as a self-contained research tool for those working in the general area of pragmatics and allied fields in linguistics, philosophy and cognitive science.
List of ContributorsIntroductionIThe Domain of Pragmatics11Implicature32Presupposition293Speech Acts534Reference745Deixis976Definiteness and Indefiniteness122IIPragmatics and Discourse Structure1517Information Structure and Non-canonical Syntax1538Topic and Focus1759Context in Dynamic Interpretation19710Discourse Markers22111Discourse Coherence24112The Pragmatics of Non-sentences26613Anaphora and the Pragmatics-Syntax Interface28814Empathy and Direct Discourse Perspectives31515The Pragmatics of Deferred Interpretation34416Pragmatics of Language Performance36517Constraints on Ellipsis and Event Reference383IIIPragmatics and its Interfaces40518Some Interactions of Pragmatics and Grammar40719Pragmatics and Argument Structure42720Pragmatics and Semantics44221Pragmatics and the Philosophy of Language46322Pragmatics and the Lexicon48823Pragmatics and Intonation51524Historical Pragmatics53825Pragmatics and Language Acquisition56226Pragmatics and Computational Linguistics578IVPragmatics and Cognition60527Relevance Theory60728Relevance Theory and the Saying/Implicating Distinction63329Pragmatics and Cognitive Linguistics65730Pragmatic Aspects of Grammatical Constructions67531The Pragmatics of Polarity70132Abduction in Natural Language Understanding724Bibliography742Index820
\ From the Publisher“This outstanding and far-ranging compendium comprises 32 articles that trace the contours of the field of pragmatics… Overall, this is an invaluable, comprehensive, and accessible volume that covers the broad range of pragmatic study embedded in cognitive, social, and cultural aspects of language and communication. Highly recommended.” Choice\ “The Handbook of Pragmatics presents a stunning view of the range of research enterprises and programs of those who have taken linguistic pragmatics 'out of the wastebasket'. Larry Horn and Gregory Ward have demonstrated by their selections and groupings an uncanny understanding of the coherence of this field and their book will stand as a landmark in linguistics for a long time to come.” Ellen F. Prince, University of Pennsylvania\ "It takes erudition, vision, and good taste to compile a good handbook of any field, even more so in the notoriously unruly field of pragmatics. Larry Horn and Gregory Ward have all of these. The editors have gathered together an excellent array of contributors to give us a handbook that will prove eminently useful to scholars and students within and outside pragmatics. Readers will find in it a reliable guide to the main pragmatic questions of the last three decades, which is insightful, up-to-date, authoritative, and accessible." Mira Ariel, Tel Aviv University\ "It doesn't take much reading between the lines to see that this is a stunning collection of essays, written by a cadre of the field's best. Quality: superb. Quantity: vast. Relation: everything there is that's relevant to pragmatics. Manner: as clear as it gets!" Ivan A. Sag, Stanford University\ "All in all, the Handbook of Pragmatics represents a broad spectrum of interests ... The collection's value is enhanced by an excellent "Introduction" from the joint hands of the editors, Larry Horn and Gregory Ward ... The book has been superbly produced, and the articles read generally very well." Intercultural Pragmatics\ \ \
