Pragmatics for Language Educators: A Sociolinguistic Perspective

by Virginia LoCastro

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415801168
• ISBN13: 9780415801164
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"