02748cam a22003854a 450000100090000000300040000900500170001300800410003001000170007101500190008801600180010702000180012502000150014302000250015802000220018303500240020504000600022904200080028905000250029708200200032210000170034224500390035926000510039830000280044949000360047750400530051350503290056652010410089565000160193683000370195285601060198985600910209585600920218685600840227816171997OSt20180923144746.0100405s2010    nyu      b    001 0 eng    a  2010014621  aGBB0333932bnb7 a0154996662Uk  a9780521517836  a0521517834  a9780521732031 (pbk.)  a0521732034 (pbk.)  a(OCoLC)ocn606235181  aDLCcDLCdYDXdYDXCPdBWKdCDXdBWXdN15dSTFdUKMdDLC  apcc00aP99.4.P72bA747 201000a306.44222bAMD1 aAriel, Mira.10aDefining pragmatics /cMira Ariel.  aNew York :bCambridge University Press,c2010.  axviii, 330 p. ;c24 cm.1 aResearch surveys in linguistics  aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.0 a1. What's under the big-tent pragmatics? -- 2. Surveying multiple-criterion definitions for pragmatics -- 3. Problematizing the criteria -- 4. Grammar as code, pragmatics as inference -- 5. Inferential pragmatic theories -- 6. The canon -- 7. Functional syntax -- 8. Beyond pragmatics -- 9. Many questions, some resolutions.  a"Although there is no shortage of definitions for pragmatics the received wisdom is that 'pragmatics' simply cannot be coherently defined. In this groundbreaking book Mira Ariel challenges the prominent definitions of pragmatics, as well as the widely-held assumption that specific topics - implicatures, deixis, speech acts, politeness - naturally and uniformly belong on the pragmatics turf. She reconstitutes the field, defining grammar as a set of conventional codes, and pragmatics as a set of inferences, rationally derived. The book applies this division of labor between codes and inferences to many classical pragmatic phenomena, and even to phenomena considered 'beyond pragmatics'. Surprisingly, although some of these turn out pragmatic, others actually turn out grammatical. Additional intriguing questions addressed in the book include: why is it sometimes difficult to distinguish grammar from pragmatics? Why is there no grand design behind grammar nor behind pragmatics? Are all extragrammatical phenomena pragmatic?"-- 0aPragmatics. 0aResearch surveys in linguistics.423Contributor biographical informationuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1008/2010014621-b.html423Publisher descriptionuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1008/2010014621-d.html413Table of contents onlyuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1008/2010014621-t.html423Cover imageuhttp://assets.cambridge.org/97805215/17836/cover/9780521517836.jpg