Overview
Can linguistic pragmatics be developed without the need to formulate rules, criteria or maxims? The author argues that rules as they have been conceived of within pragmatics, particularly speech act theory, are limiting and out of step with the linguistic science of recent decades. Using a hermeneutic approach to pragmatics, this book seeks to bring pragmatics closer to the cognitive paradigm that has transformed the other branches of the linguistic and communication sciences, with the help of developments in certain neighbouring disciplines such as philosophy, sociology and narratology. The elements that are opened up to pragmatics in this approach include some new conceptions of intentionality, intertextuality, communicative action and literary authorship, as well as the subjectivity of interpretation, which by its very nature ceaselessly transforms all forms of communication in its historical spiral.
Full Product Details
Author: Karl Bernhardt ,
Graeme Davis ,
Tahir Wood
Publisher: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Imprint: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Edition: New edition
Volume: 36
Weight: 0.330kg
ISBN: 9783034318839
ISBN 10: 3034318839
Pages: 211
Publication Date: 16 December 2014
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Absorbing theories from philosophy, cognitive linguistics, sociology and narratology into his work, Wood has brought readers and researchers of pragmatics a new voice and a new face with his HP, which is undoubtedly an inspiration to researchers of pragmatics, linguistics and other neighboring disciplines. (Haicui Zheng, Discourse Studies 18/5 2016)
«Absorbing theories from philosophy, cognitive linguistics, sociology and narratology into his work, Wood has brought readers and researchers of pragmatics a new voice and a new face with his HP, which is undoubtedly an inspiration to researchers of pragmatics, linguistics and other neighboring disciplines.» (Haicui Zheng, Discourse Studies 18/5 2016)
""Absorbing theories from philosophy, cognitive linguistics, sociology and narratology into his work, Wood has brought readers and researchers of pragmatics a new voice and a new face with his HP, which is undoubtedly an inspiration to researchers of pragmatics, linguistics and other neighboring disciplines."" (Haicui Zheng, Discourse Studies 18/5 2016)
Author Information
Tahir Wood is currently Director of Academic Planning at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa. He completed his PhD in 1994 at the University of Cape Town under the supervision of the author J.M. Coetzee and has taught English and linguistics at several South African universities. His interests are in pragmatics, semantics, semiotics and discourse studies.
