TY - BOOK AU - Yule,George TI - Pragmatics T2 - Oxford introductions to language study SN - 0194372073 AV - P99.4.P72 U1 - 306.44 PY - 2008/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Pragmatics KW - Pragmatik KW - Pragmatiek KW - Pragmatique KW - Sociolinguistique KW - Einführung N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-126); Definitions and background -- Deixis and distance -- Reference and inference -- Presupposition and entailment -- Cooperation and implicature -- Speech acts and events -- Politeness and interaction -- Conversation and preference structure -- Discourse and culture N2 - This book introduces pragmatics, the study of how people make sense of each other linguistically. The author explains, and illustrates, basic concepts such as the co-operative principle, deixis, and speech acts, providing a clear, concise foundation for further study ER -