Introducing Performative Pragmatics by Douglas Robinson
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Description Robinson's student-friendly introduction to pragmatics explores a diverse range of approaches to this action-oriented study of language. Discussion questions, an on-line teacher's guide and short biographies of key figures aid further study.
Publisher Description
This user-friendly introduction to a new 'performative' methodology in linguistic pragmatics breaks away from the traditional approach which understands language as a machine, operating behind the scenes without human intent. Drawing on a wide spectrum of research and theory from the past thirty years in particular, Douglas Robinson presents a combination of 'action-oriented approaches' from sources such as J.L. Austin, H. Paul Grice, Harold Garfinkel and Erving Goffman. This timely work brings these new approaches and methodologies together for the first time and expands them to present a new performative paradigm. Paying particular attention to language as drama, the group regulation of language use, individual resistance to these regulatory pressures and nonverbal communication, the work also explains groundbreaking concepts and analytical models, most notably 'conversational invocature' covering allusion and anticipatory completion.With a key points section, discussion questions and exercises in every chapter, this book will be an extremely useful resource to students and teachers on a variety of courses, including linguistic pragmatics, sociolinguistics and interpersonal communication.
Author Biography
Douglas Robinson is professor of English at the University of Mississippi. His previous publications include Performative Linguistics (Routledge, 2003) and Becoming a Translator (Routledge, 1997, rev. ed. 2003).
Details ISBN 0415371872 ISBN-13 9780415371872 Title Introducing Performative Pragmatics Author Douglas Robinson Format Paperback Year 2005 Pages 282 Edition 1st Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd GE_Item_ID:7379725; About Us
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