Pragmatics for language educators : a sociolinguistic perspective / Virginia LoCastro.
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: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge,
2012.
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| Series: | ESL and applied linguistics professional series.
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| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 331 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781136965906 1136965904 1283462974 9781283462976 |