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Those aspects of language use that are crucial to an understanding of language as a system, and especially to an understanding of meaning, are the acknowledged concern of linguistic pragmatics. Yet until now much of the work in this field has not been easily accessible to the student, and was often written at an intimidating level of technicality. In this textbook, however, Dr Levinson has provided a lucid and integrative analysis of the central topics in pragmatics - deixis, implicature, presupposition, speech acts, and conversational structure. A central concern of the book is the relation between pragmatics and semantics, and Dr Levinson shows clearly how a pragmatic approach can resolve some of the problems semantics have been confronting and simplifying semantic analyses. The complexity of these issues is not disguised, but the exposition is always clear and supported by helpful exemplification. The detailed analyses of selected topics give the student a clear view of the empirical rigour demanded by the study of linguistic pragmatics, but Dr Levinson never loses sight of the rich diversity of the subject. An introduction and conclusion relate pragmatics to other fields in linguistics and other disciplines concerned with language usage - psychology, philosophy, anthropology and literature. Many students in these disciplines, as well as students of linguistics, will find this a valuable textbook.

Pragmatics. --- Pragmatics --- #SBIB:309H511 --- 801.56 --- Pragmalinguistics --- 801.56 Syntaxis. Semantiek --- Syntaxis. Semantiek --- Verbale communicatie: algemene pragmatiek, stilistiek en teksttheorie, discoursanalyse --- General semantics --- Language and languages --- Logic, Symbolic and mathematical --- Semantics (Philosophy) --- Philosophy --- #KVHA:Pragmatiek; Engels --- Philosophy of language --- Pragmatiek. --- Pragmatique --- Language and languages. --- Philosophy.

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Languages differ in how they describe space, and such differences between languages can be used to explore the relation between language and thought. This 2003 book shows that even in a core cognitive domain like spatial thinking, language influences how people think, memorize and reason about spatial relations and directions. After outlining a typology of spatial coordinate systems in language and cognition, it is shown that not all languages use all types, and that non-linguistic cognition mirrors the systems available in the local language. The book reports on collaborative, interdisciplinary research, involving anthropologists, linguists and psychologists, conducted in many languages and cultures around the world, which establishes this robust correlation. The overall results suggest that thinking in the cognitive sciences underestimates the transformative power of language on thinking. The book will be of interest to linguists, psychologists, anthropologists and philosophers, and especially to students of spatial cognition.

Space and time in language. --- Psycholinguistics. --- Cognition. --- Psychology --- Language, Psychology of --- Language and languages --- Psychology of language --- Speech --- Linguistics --- Thought and thinking --- Psychological aspects --- Cognition --- Psycholinguistics --- Space and time in language --- #KVHA:Cognitieve linguistiek --- Arts and Humanities --- Language & Linguistics

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Sociolinguistics --- Pragmatics --- Conversation --- Etiquette --- Language and languages --- Social interaction --- Speech acts (Linguistics) --- 800:316 --- 800:316 Sociolinguistiek --- Sociolinguistiek --- Illocutionary acts (Linguistics) --- Speech act theory (Linguistics) --- Speech events (Linguistics) --- Linguistics --- Speech --- Language and society --- Society and language --- Sociology of language --- Language and culture --- Sociology --- Integrational linguistics (Oxford school) --- Human interaction --- Interaction, Social --- Symbolic interaction --- Exchange theory (Sociology) --- Psychology --- Social psychology --- Pragmalinguistics --- General semantics --- Logic, Symbolic and mathematical --- Semantics (Philosophy) --- Linguistic usage --- Usage, Linguistic --- Talking --- Colloquial language --- Oral communication --- Ceremonies --- Condolence, Etiquette of --- Manners --- Politeness --- Usages --- Conduct of life --- Manners and customs --- Usage --- Philosophy --- Social aspects --- Sociological aspects --- Grammars --- #SBIB:309H511 --- #SBIB:309H518 --- #KVHA:Antropologie --- #KVHA:Sociolinguistiek --- #KVHA:Tekstlinguistiek --- 316:800 --- 316:800 Sociolinguistiek --- Verbale communicatie: algemene pragmatiek, stilistiek en teksttheorie, discoursanalyse --- Verbale communicatie: sociologie, antropologie, sociolinguistiek --- Social ethics --- Sociolinguistique --- --Communication verbale --- --Langage /et Politesse --- 16 --- Conversation. --- Etiquette. --- Pragmatics. --- Social interaction. --- Sociolinguistics. --- Speech acts (Linguistics). --- Savoir-vivre --- Pragmatique --- Actes de parole --- Interaction sociale --- --Sociolinguistics --- Langage --- --Politesse --- --Usage --- Actes de langage --- Usage. --- Communication verbale --- Language and languages - Usage --- Politesse

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The book attempts for the first time to explore the underlying properties of social interaction viewed from across many disciplines, and examines their origin in infant development and in human evolution. Are interaction patterns in adulthood affected by cultural differences in childhood upbringing? Apes, unlike human infants of only twelve months, fail to understand pointing and the intention behind it. Nevertheless apes can imitate and analyze complex behavior--how do they do it? Deaf children brought up by speaking parents invent their own languages. How might adults deprived of a fully organized language communicate? The book makes the case that the study of these sorts of phenomena holds the key to understanding the foundations of human social life. The conclusion: our unique brand of social interactions at the root of what makes us human.

Social psychology --- Social interaction. --- Human evolution. --- Social evolution. --- Human evolution --- Social evolution --- Social interaction --- Human interaction --- Interaction, Social --- Symbolic interaction --- Exchange theory (Sociology) --- Psychology --- Cultural evolution --- Cultural transformation --- Culture, Evolution of --- Culture --- Evolution --- Social change --- Evolution (Biology) --- Physical anthropology --- Evolutionary psychology --- Human beings --- Origin --- Communication interpersonnelle