Pragmatics and Discourse, 2nd edition: has been revised and reorganised to place more emphasis on pragmatics covers the core areas of the subject: context and c

Discourse is language as it occurs, in any form or context, beyond the speech act. It may be written or spoken, monological or dialogical, but there is always a

The book highlights the expansion of discourse-pragmatic variation and change, especially under-studied variables and languages.

Professor Ferenc Kiefer of the Linguistics Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences was instrumental in bringing early transformational grammar to Europe.

Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students. Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the s