East Asian Pragmatics: Commonalities and Variations

Most of the innovative and exciting work done by East Asian pragmaticians on their languages, past and present alike, is written and published in local languages. As a result, research published in and about a particular East Asian language has been largely unavailable to those who do not speak the language.

The contributors seek to present a comprehensive survey of existing outputs of pragmatics research on three major East Asian languages (Chinese, Japanese and Korean). The survey concentrates on a number of core pragmatic topics such as speech acts, deixis, discourse markers, conversation analysis, discourse analysis, and face/(im)politeness. To complement and compare with the picture of research work published in the local languages, the volume also includes a survey of internationally published, English-mediated articles and books studying the regional languages or contrasting them with other languages.

A rivetting discourse on pragmatics research, it will be a valuable read for students and scholars alike.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367512858
• ISBN13: 9780367512859
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"