Pragmatics broadly viewed: Introduction
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The Routledge Handbook of Pragmatics . ed. / Anne Barron; Yueguo Gu; Gerard Steen. Abingdon: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2017. p. 1-3 (Routledge handbooks in applied linguistics).
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Pragmatics broadly viewed
T2 - Introduction
AU - Barron, Anne
AU - Gu, Yueguo
AU - Steen, Gerard
PY - 2017/1/1
Y1 - 2017/1/1
N2 - Pragmatics deals very broadly with the study of language in the social contexts in which it is used. It developed outside of linguistics in ordinary language philosophy, in particular under the influence of philosophers such as Ludwig Wittgenstein, John Austin, John Searle and Herbert P. Grice. The Anglo-American tradition, also termed 'the component view' or 'the pigeon-hole view', was particularly influenced by Geoffery Leech's textbook, Principles of Pragmatics, a renowned publication which determined the basis of the early discipline. Continental European tradition does not view pragmatics as one component of linguistic analysis, and is not concerned with marking boundaries with other components of language. Rather, it sees pragmatics as dealing with social meaning and representing a superordinate perspective on linguistic communication in general. The perspective view sees pragmatics as not only limited to linguistic research, but also as practised across neighbouring fields such as sociology or psychology.
AB - Pragmatics deals very broadly with the study of language in the social contexts in which it is used. It developed outside of linguistics in ordinary language philosophy, in particular under the influence of philosophers such as Ludwig Wittgenstein, John Austin, John Searle and Herbert P. Grice. The Anglo-American tradition, also termed 'the component view' or 'the pigeon-hole view', was particularly influenced by Geoffery Leech's textbook, Principles of Pragmatics, a renowned publication which determined the basis of the early discipline. Continental European tradition does not view pragmatics as one component of linguistic analysis, and is not concerned with marking boundaries with other components of language. Rather, it sees pragmatics as dealing with social meaning and representing a superordinate perspective on linguistic communication in general. The perspective view sees pragmatics as not only limited to linguistic research, but also as practised across neighbouring fields such as sociology or psychology.
KW - Language Studies
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85026824543&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4324/9781315668925
DO - 10.4324/9781315668925
M3 - Chapter
SN - 978-0-415-53141-2
T3 - Routledge handbooks in applied linguistics
SP - 1
EP - 3
BT - The Routledge Handbook of Pragmatics
A2 - Barron, Anne
A2 - Gu, Yueguo
A2 - Steen, Gerard
PB - Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
CY - Abingdon
ER -