Pragmatics: A Slim Guide

This book offers a concise but comprehensive entry-level guide to the study of meaning in context. Betty Birner explores how we understand the difference between the literal meaning of what is said and what was intended by the speaker, using a wide range of real-life examples.

• | By (Author): Betty J. (Professor Of Linguistics And Cognitive Science, Professor Of Linguistics And Cognitive Science, Northern Illinois University) Birner
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Jan 04, 2021
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 192 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0198828594
• | ISBN-13: 9780198828594