Spanish Pragmatics

By María Elena Placencia

Book Overview

The first substantial textbook on pragmatics to focus on Spanish. The authors discuss key theories within the Anglo-American tradition of pragmatics, concentrating on the relationship between language use and socio-cultural contexts, and their uptake by Hispanists. Drawing on research by foremost scholars in the field, with reference to a wide range of 'Spanishes', including a first treatment of 'sociopragmatic variation'. Concepts throughout are illustrated with real language examples taken from different Spanish corpora. The book is carefully structured to be appropriate for upper-level undergraduate, as well as postgraduate, students.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403900701
• ISBN13: 9781403900708
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"