Pragmatics for Language Educators : a Sociolinguistic Perspective.
Making pragmatics accessible to a wide range of students and instructors without dumbing down the content of the field, this text for language professionals: raises awareness and increases knowledge and understanding of how human beings use language in real situations to engage in social action fost...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken :
Taylor & Francis,
2011.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9780203850947 0203850947 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Making pragmatics accessible to a wide range of students and instructors without dumbing down the content of the field, this text for language professionals: raises awareness and increases knowledge and understanding of how human beings use language in real situations to engage in social action fosters the ability to think critically about language data and use helps readers develop the ability to ""do pragmatics"" The book features careful explanations of topics and concepts that are often difficult for uninitiated readers, a wealth of examples, mostly of natural speech from collected data so. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (353 pages). |
| Series: | ESL and applied linguistics professional series.
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| Library Staff: | View instance in FOLIO |