1. What's under the big-tent pragmatics?; Part I. Deconstructing Pragmatics: 2. Surveying multiple-criterion definitions for pragmatics; 3. Problematizing the criteria; Part II. Reconstituting Pragmatics: 4. Grammar as code, pragmatics as inference; 5. Inferential pragmatic theories; Part III. Mapping the Big Tent: 6. The canon; 7. Functional syntax; 8. Beyond pragmatics; 9. Many questions, some resolutions.
This groundbreaking book challenges the prominent definitions of pragmatics and the assumption that specific topics belong on the pragmatics turf.
Mira Ariel is a Professor in the Linguistics Department at Tel Aviv University, Israel. Her recent publications include Pragmatics and Grammar (Cambridge University Press, 2008).
'In a masterful confrontation with decades of received wisdom, Mira
Ariel redefines the proper task of pragmatics in a simple, crystal
clear way. An essential read.' Arie Verhagen, Leiden University
Centre for Linguistics
'… a new way to unify the field of linguistic pragmatics. Ariel
critically surveys ten criteria for defining pragmatics, and argues
for equating it with inferential as opposed to encoded meaning. She
then shows how to apply the definition to the complete range
of topics taken to constitute pragmatics in a broad sense.' Nancy
Hedberg, Simon Fraser University
'Defining Pragmatics is an authoritative pragmatics text which has
properly seated pragmatics in linguistic studies. It presents an
unprecedented coherent pragmatic programme, which can be
conveniently fleshed out from existing pragmatics texts, and which
needs full development for further systematicity. Professional
pragmatists and other linguists should therefore find the text an
invaluable working tool.' Akin Odebunmi, Discourse Studies
'In this groundbreaking book, Ariel deconstructs the field of
pragmatics and demonstrates how it can be reconstituted on a code
versus inference distinction as a basis for a grammar/pragmatics
divide … an excellent and exciting book.' Qingli Zhao, Journal of
Pragmatics
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