Introductory Semantics and Pragmatics for Spanish Learners of English

Introductory Semantics and Pragmatics for Spanish Learners of English
Author: Brian Leonard Mott
Publisher: Edicions Universitat Barcelona
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2009-01-30
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 844753345X

Esta obra pretende ser una introducción a la semántica y la pragmática para alumnos universitarios españoles de lingüística y de filología inglesa. Es un texto paralelo a English Phonetics and Phonology for Spanish Speakers, del mismo autor (UB, 2000). Sus características más importantes son:. Ofrece un curso completo de semántica y pragmática para estudiantes universitarios de lengua y literatura inglesa.. Incluye un primer capítulo que relaciona la semántica y pragmática entre sí y con las otras ramas de la lingüística.. Aporta ejemplificación de muchas variedades lingüísticas, aparte del inglés, español y catalán.. Contiene ejercicios variados al final de cada capítulo, con sugerencias para su solución al final de la obra

Semantics and Pragmatics of English: Teaching English as a Foreign Language

Semantics and Pragmatics of English: Teaching English as a Foreign Language
Author: Melinda Dooly
Publisher: Univ. Autònoma de Barcelona
Total Pages: 88
Release: 2006
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9788449024474

Semantics and Pragmatics of English: Teaching English as a Foreign Language està dissenyat per a alumnat de magisteri, especialitat de llengües estrangeres. El material del llibre se centra en aspectes de semàntica i pragmàtica d’anglès, amb un èmfasi especial en l’aplicació dels temes a l’aula d’anglès. El llibre inclou sis unitats que es divideixen en lectura teòrica, exercicis tant per a classe com per a treball individualitzat, i preguntes per fomentar la reflexió sobres els temes. Cada unitat consta de bibliografia recomanada per als estudiants interessats a estudiar amb més profunditat els temes presentats. Melinda Dooly Owenby (Indianapolis, EUA, 1965) és professora associada de semàntica i pragmàtica de la llengua anglesa a la UAB. Té un màster d’Art en Educació (GB) i es va doctorar en Llengua i Literatura i les Ciències Socials el 2005 (UAB).

Interlanguage Pragmatic Development

Interlanguage Pragmatic Development
Author: Gila Schauer
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2009-07-12
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1847065201

Gila Schauer's study of interlanguage pragmatic development in English is situated in the context of studying abroad. It is the first book-length study of a common occurrence worldwide, but one that has not received the focus it deserves. Schauer examines the interlanguage pragmatic development of German learners of English at a British University over the course of a year. The focus is not only on the learners' productive pragmatic development, but also on their pragmatic awareness, which is compared with their grammatical awareness.The analysis undertaken is both qualitative and quantitative, and the book draws some important conclusions relevant to the whole field of interlanguage pragmatics. It will be engaging reading for researchers and postgraduate studies in applied linguistics, especially those working on interlanguage and cross-cultural pragmatics, multilingualism and second language acquisition.

The Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics of Spanish Mood

The Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics of Spanish Mood
Author: Henk Haverkate
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2002-09-24
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 902729738X

This study provides a consistent description and explanation of the syntax, the semantics and the pragmatics of Spanish mood. A major focus of attention is the central role of the truthfunctional categories of realis, potentialis and irrealis as parameters relevant to mood selection in both subordinate and non-subordinate clauses. Furthermore, a proposal is offered for a new typology of clause-embedding predicates. The framework chosen stems from the insight that complement-taking predicates share the property of providing information on the set of mental processes which characterize intentional human behavior. At the level of pragmatic analysis, mood selection is examined from a variety of angles. Thus, specific research is conducted within the framework of speech act theory, relevance theory, politeness theory and the theory of Gricean maxims.

Indian Popular Fiction

Indian Popular Fiction
Author: Gitanjali Chawla
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 143
Release: 2021-10-14
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 100048372X

This anthology explores and validate the nuances of Indian popular fiction which has hitherto been hounded by its ubiquitous 'commerical' success. It uncoverspopular in its socio-political and cultural contexts. Furthermore, it investigates the vitality embedded in theory and praxis of popular forms and their insurrections in mutants and new age oeuvres and looks to examine the symbiotic bonds between the reader and the author, as the latter articulates and perpetuates the needs of the former whose demands need continual fulfilment. This constant metamorphosis of the popular fueled by neoliberalism and postmodernity along with the shifts in the publishing industry to more democratic 'reader' driven genres is taken up here along with the millenial's fetish for romance, humanized mythical retellings and the evergreen whodunnits. As its natural soulmates, the anthology delves into the interstices of Indian Popular with desi (local) traditions, folk lore, community consciousness and nation building. Please note: This title is co-published with Aakar Books, New Delhi. Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Waggish Coquetry in South Asian Street Communication

Waggish Coquetry in South Asian Street Communication
Author: Ali R. Fatihi
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2019-11-13
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1498554725

Waggish Coquetry in South Asian Street Communication critically examines the role of coquettish remarks in urban life of South Asia, in the context of the sociology and linguistics of South Asian street communication. Ali R. Fatihi explores the design and structure of coquetry, and in so doing sheds light on the role of gendered street communication as a type of sexual harassment. Fatihi takes up the semiology of the street, focusing on the street as the locus of communication and its meaning in the community. The book also describes the role of metaphors in coquettish remarks, placing them in the context of the anthropology and sociology of streets, and male behavior therein.

Introducing Semantics

Introducing Semantics
Author: Nick Riemer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 477
Release: 2010-03-25
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0521851920

An introduction to the study of meaning in language for undergraduate students.

Current Trends in the Pragmatics of Spanish

Current Trends in the Pragmatics of Spanish
Author: Rosina Márquez-Reiter
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 408
Release: 2004
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9781588115201

"Current Trends in the Pragmatics of Spanish" provides the reader with a representative spectrum of current research in the most dynamic areas of the pragmatics of Spanish. It brings together a collection of academic essays written by well-established as well as emerging voices in Hispanic pragmatics. The essays include applications of pragmatic concepts to sub-fields of (Spanish) linguistics (i.e., pragmatics and grammar; pragmatics and applied linguistics; pragmatics and cross- and inter-cultural communication), studies of traditional topics in pragmatics (i.e., discourse markers, politeness, metaphor, humour) as well as a proposal to amalgamate the dominant pragmatic approaches, namely socio-pragmatics and cognitive pragmatics, into one comprehensive model. The essays in this collection represent both new theoretical and empirical research and as such they constitute a valuable contribution to the field of pragmatics in general and an essential reference to those researching the pragmatics of Spanish.

Meaning in English

Meaning in English
Author: Javier Valenzuela
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 303
Release: 2017-04-27
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1107096375

A lively, up-to-date and compact introduction to semantics, accessible to those with no prior knowledge of linguistics.