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Mey, Jacob L. 1998. The concise Encyclopedia of Pragmatics. Elsevier. xxviii + 1199 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
pragmatics
ISBN
0-08-0429920

Annotation

A comprehensive overview of the discipline of linguistic pragmatics, divided in a 'General' section, with contributions on research topics and traditions, and a section containing 'Biographies' of relevant scholars.

Articles in this volume

Tuller, B. and J.A.S. Kelso. Action Theory and the Production of Speech. 1–4
Mey, Jacob L. Adaptability. 4–7
Taylor, R.L. Adolescent Peer Group Language. 7–12
Geis, Michael L. Advertising. 13–14
Kendon, Adam. Alternative Sign Languages. 15–18
Sells, P. and T. Wasow. Anaphora. 19–26
Walker, S.F. Animal Communication. 26–35
Wilkins, D. Applied Linguistics. 35–46
Preston, Dennis R. Applied Linguistics: Sociolinguistics. 46–51
Wilks, Yorick. Artificial Intelligence. 51–661
Large, A. Artificial Languages. 61–64
Dahl, Östen. Aspect. 64–71
Blanc, M. Bilingualism, Societal. 71–77
Dalphinis, M. Black English in Education: UK. 77–79
Hancock, Ian. Black English in Education: USA. 79–80
Szuchewycz, B.G. Blessings. 81–82
Forrester, C. Broadcasting, International: Languages. 82–96
Rasmussen, Gitte. Business Language. 96–98
Strömqvist, Sven. Child Language - Overview. 98–104
Kasher, Asa. Chomsky and Pragmatics. 104–105
Gregersen, Frans. Class Language. 105–108
Waugh, Linda R. Jakobson, Roman (1896-1982). 107–1079
Wales, Kathleen. Code. 108–110
Ammon, Ulrich. Code, Sociolinguistic. 110–114
McCormick, K.M. Code-switching and Mixing. 114–121
Keller, J.D. Cognitive Anthropology. 121–124
Kirkeby, O.F. Cognitive Science. 124–132
Gorayska, B. Cognitive Technology. 132–134
Wales, Kathleen. Cohesion and Coherence in Literature. 134–136
Mey, K-A. L. Comics. 136–140
Berge, K.L. Communication. 140–147
Duranti, Alessandro. Communicative Competence. 147–148
Mey, Jacob L. Computer Literacy. 148–149
Carston, Robyn. Conjunction and Pragmatic Effects. 150–157
Quasthoff, Uta M. Context. 157–165
Drew, Paul. Conversational Analysis. 165–170
Thomas, J. Conversational Maxims. 171–175
Thomas, J. Cooperative Principle. 176–179
Love, N. Correctness and Norms. 179–188
Mey, Jacob L. Critical Language Awareness. 188–190
Birch, D. Criticism, Linguistic. 190–194
Miller, J. and R. Cann. Data Collection in Linguistics. 194–196
Denzin, Norman K. Definition of the Situation. 196–200
Levinson, Stephen C. Deixis. 200–205
Romaine, Suzanne. Dialect and Dialectology. 205–213
Marshall, T.A. Dialogism. 213–220
Hudson, A. Diglossia. 220–225
McHoul, Alexander W. Discourse. 225–236
Simpson, P.W. Discourse Analysis and Literature. 236–242
Mittwoch, Anita. Discourse Anaphora. 242–244
Clyne, Michael G. Discourse in Cross-linguistic and Cross-cultural Contexts. 244–251
Cook, J.A. Discourse, Ideology,and Literature. 251–256
Fraser, Bruce. Discourse Markers. 256–257
Garnham, Alan. Discourse Processing. 257–263
Phillipson, Robert and Tove Skutnabb-Kangas. Discrimination and Minority languages. 263–266
Lacoste, Michèle. Doctor-patient Language. 266–269
Basic, M. Double Bind. 269–271
Katriel, Tamar. 'Dugri' Speech. 271–272
Simpson, J.M.Y. Ecology of Language. 272–272
Mey, Jacob L. Economese. 273–274
Perera, Katharine. Education and Language - Overview. 274–278
Vasconcelos, W.W. Electronic Mail Communication. 278–280
Koktová, Eva. Ellipsis. 280–281
Signorini, I. Emancipatory Linguistics. 281–283
Read, Stephen. Entailment. 283–284
Philipsen, Gerry. Ethnography of Speaking. 284–289
Psathas, George. Ethnomethodology. 290–294
Harder, Peter. Extralinguistic. 294–295
Allan, Keith. Felicity Conditions. 295–299
Apte, M.L. Field Methods, Ethnographic. 299–303
Clyne, Michael G. Foreigner Talk. 303–305
Coulmas, Florian. Formulaic Language. 305–306
Maher, John C. Freud and Language. 306–308
Butterworth, Brian L. Freud, Aphasia, and Parapraxis. 308–309
Dik, Simon C. Functional Grammar. 309–314
Koktová, Eva. Functional Sentence Perspective. 315–316
McCormick, K.M. Gender and Language. 316–325
Bainbridge, W.S. General Semantics. 325–326
Calbris, G. Gestures. 326–330
Brandt, P. Aa. Grammatology. 331–336
Mininni, G. Hegemony. 337–338
Itkonen, Esa. Hermeneutics. 338–339
MacLure, Margaret. Home Language and School Language. 339–341
Shibatani, Masayoshi. Honorifics. 341–350
Campbell, R.L. Human-Computer Interaction. 350–354
Raskin, Victor. Humor. 354–359
Hardman, L. Hypertext. 359–361
Haiman, John. Iconicity. 361–365
Luke, Allan. Ideology. 366–369
Heller, Monica S. Immigrant Language Issues. 369–371
Koktová, Eva. Implicatures, Conversational. 371–373
Leezenberg, Maarten Michiel. Indexicals. 373–377
Allan, Keith. Indirect Speech Acts: Inferring the Illocutionary Point. 377–380
Chater, N. Information Theory. 380–382
Sarangi, Srikant. Institutional Language. 382–386
Bainbridge, W.S. Interaction Process Analysis. 386–388
Arndt, Hans and Richard W. Janney. InterGrammar. 388
Tarone, Elaine. Interlanguage. 389–395
Ammon, Ulrich. International Languages. 395–401
Thibault, P.J. Intertextuality. 401–404
Fretheim, Thorstein. Intonation: Pragmatics. 404–407
Besnier, Niko. Involvement. 407–409
Marino, M. Irony. 409–412
MacLean, C. Journalism. 412–419
Kendon, Adam. Kinesics. 419–422
Schusky, E.L. Kinship Terminology. 422–427
Wright, Roger H.P. Language Change: Textual Evidence. 427–433
Pattanayak, D.P. Language Conflict. 433–437
Campbell, Lyle. Language Death. 437–447
Carlson, Lauri. Language as a Game. 447–450
Rowe, M.W. Language Game, Wittgenstein's Concept. 450–453
Pateman, Trevor A. Language as a Social Reality. 453–455
Rajagopalan, Kanavillil. Language and Society. 455–456
Apte, M.L. Language in a Sociocultural Context. 456–468
Gläser, R. Language for Specific Purposes. 469–474
Johns, A. Language for Specific Purposes: Pedagogy. 474–480
Littlewood, William T. Language Teaching Methods. 480–490
Holmqvist, Berit and Peter Bogh Andersen. Language in the Workplace. 490–492
Jori, M. Legal Semiotics. 493–503
Humphreys, R.L. Lexicon. 503–505
Barotchi, M. Lingua Franca. 505–505
Skutnabb-Kangas, Tove and Robert Phillipson. Linguicide. 506–507
Apte, M.L. Linguistic Ethnocentrism. 507–508
Skutnabb-Kangas, Tove and Robert Phillipson. Linguistic Imperialism. 509–512
Daswani, C.J. Literacy. 512–520
Carter, Ronald A. Literary Language. 520–522
Sell, Roger D. Literary Pragmatics. 523–536
Fairclough, Norman. Manipulation. 537–538
Pinson, C. Marketing, Semiotics of. 538–544
Mininni, G. Marxist Theories of Language. 544–547
Schrøder, K.C. Media Language and Communication. 547–557
MacLean, C.G. Media, Mass Media, and Multimedia. 557–569
MacLean, J. and John C. Maher. Medical Language. 570–573
Meiran, N. Memory: Organization. 573–575
Eijck, Jan van. Metalanguage versus Object Language. 575–576
Steinhart, E. and E. F. Kittay. Metaphor. 576–581
Caffi, Claudia. Metapragmatics. 581–586
Geeraerts, Dirk. Metonymy. 586–587
Rokem, F. Mime. 588–589
Chilton, Paul A. Politics and Language. 588–695
Simpson, J.M.Y. Minority Languages. 590–591
Kiefer, Ferenc. Modality. 591–597
Allan, Keith. Moods, Clause Types, and Speech Acts. 597–599
Koktová, Eva. Moods and Modality, Pragmatic. 599–601
Søndergaard, G. Naming of Children. 601–603
Toolan, M. Narrative: Linguistic and Structural Theories. 604–623
Toolan, M. Narrative, Natural. 623–629
Jahn, M. Narratology. 629–630
Eastman, Carol M. National Language/Official Language. 630–635
Greenfeld, L. Nationalism and Language. 635–641
Davies, Alan. Native Speaker. 642–648
Chilton, Paul A. Newspeak. 649–651
Dolitsky, Marlene. Nonsense. 651–653
Itkonen, Esa. Norm. 653–654
Chilton, Paul A. Nukespeak. 654–655
Wilkinson, Andrew. Oracy. 655–655
Cohen, L. Jonathan. Ordinary Language Philosophy. 656–657
Hartmann, Dietrich. Particles. 657–663
Petrie, H. L. Pauses and Hesitations. 664–665
Luke, Allan and C. Luke. Pedagogy. 665–669
Allan, Keith. Performative Clauses. 669–672
Abercrombie, D. Phatic Communion. 672–673
Cowie, A. P. Phraseology. 673–677
Kasper, Gabriele. Politeness. 677–684
Davies, Alan. Politicized language. 684–687
Fairclough, Norman. Power and Language. 695–701
Mey, Jacob L. Pragmatic Acts. 701–703
Ariel, Mira. Pragmatic Operators. 704–707
Togeby, Ole. Pragmatic Principles. 707–710
Fraser, Bruce. Pragmatic Research: Methodological Issues. 710–712
Bois, John W. Du. Pragmatic Universals. 712–716
Mey, Jacob L. Pragmatics. 716–737
Kasher, Asa. Pragmatics, Cognitive. 737–738
Kasher, Asa. Pragmatics, Modular. 738–739
Seuren, Pieter A.M. Presupposition. 740–751
Caffi, Claudia. Presupposition, Pragmatic. 751–758
Apte, M.L. Primitive language. 758–760
Travis, Charles. Private Language. 760–763
Pocheptsov, G. G. Proxemics. 763–765
Rosenbaum, Bent. Psychoanalysis. 765–769
Bainbridge, W.S. Psychotherapy. 769–772
MacKinnon, G. E. Reading, Theories of. 772–775
Talbot, Mary M. Relevance. 775–778
Coulmas, Florian. Reported Speech. 778–780
Fowler, Roger. Representation. 781–782
Yankah, K. Rhetoric: Anthropological Perspectives. 783–787
Brandt, P. Aa. Rhetoric, Classical. 787–789
Ortner, L. Rock Music. 790–791
Janney, Richard W. and Hans Arndt. Roles. 791–792
Pagin, P. Rules. 792–799
Werner, O. Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis. 799–807
Gregg, K. R. School Language Policies. 807–809
Gregg, K. R. Second Language Acquisition: History and Theory. 809–816
McLaughlin, B., S. Robbins and J. A. B. T. Wade. Second Language Learning and Teaching, Theory of. 816–828
Geeraerts, Dirk. Semantic Primitives. 828–829
Jucker, Andreas H. Semantics and Pragmatics. 830–831
Cummins, James. Semilingualism. 831–833
Larsen, S.E. Semiotics. 833–846
Crimmins, M. Sense. 847–848
Olivares, C. Sex and Language. 848–853
Gundel, Jeanette Kohn. Shared Knowledge. 853–854
Woll, Bencie and J. G. Kyle. Sign Language. 854–878
Allen, I.L. Slang: Sociology. 878–883
Macy, M.W. Social Class. 883–890
Cazden, Courtney B. Socialization. 890–892
Romaine, Suzanne. Sociolinguistics. 892–902
Milroy, James. Sociolinguistics and Language Change. 902–904
Bainbridge, W.S. Sociology of Language. 904–916
Wright, S. Sociophonetics. 916–922
Allan, Keith. Speech Act Classification and Definition. 922–927
Allan, Keith. Speech Act Theory-Overview. 927–939
Verschueren, Jef. Speech Act Verbs. 939–941
Allan, Keith. Speech Acts and Grammar. 942–944
Allan, Keith. Speech Acts and Hierarchy: Locutions, Illocutions, and Perlocutions. 944–946
Allan, Keith. Speech Acts: Literal and Non-Literal. 946–947
Kachru, Braj B. Speech Community. 947–950
Mercer, Neil. Spoken Language in the Classroom. 950–954
Geeraerts, Dirk. Stereotype in Semantics. 955–955
Birch, D. Stylistics. 955–961
Vanderplank, R. Subtitles, Silent Film to Teletext. 961–964
Stirling, L. Switch-Reference and Related Phenomena. 965–969
Denzin, Norman K. Symbolic Interactionism. 969–977
Carston, Robyn. Syntax and Pragmatics. 978–986
Apte, M.L. Taboo Words. 986–989
Qvortrup, Lars. Telematics. 989–993
Comrie, Bernard. Tense. 994–999
Fabricius-Hansen, C. Tense and Time, Pragmatics of. 1000–1001
Beaugrande, Robert de. Text Linguistics. 1001–1008
Togeby, Ole. Text Pragmatics. 1008–1010
House, Juliane. Text/Rhetoric. 1011–1015
Haberland, Hartmut. Thetic/Categorical Distinction. 1015–1016
Smith, Philip T. Thought and Language. 1016–1022
Kuppevelt, J. van. Topic and Comment. 1022–1028
Crampton, Diana. Tourism. 1029–1032
Blount, Ben G. Translinguistics. 1032–1033
Nørager, T. Universal Pragmatics. 1033–1036
Payne, J. R. Universals of Language. 1036–1039
Milroy, James. Urban Dialectology. 1039–1045
Oakes, G. Verstehen. 1046–1048
Haberland, Hartmut. Written and Spoken Language: relationship. 1048–1049
Lamarque, P.V. Austin, John Longshaw (1911-60). 1051–1051
Weir, J. M. Bakhtin, Mikhail M. (1895-1975). 1052–1053
Kasher, Asa. Bar-Hillel, Yehoshua (1915-75). 1053–1054
Maher, John C. Bateson, Gregory (1904-80). 1054–1055
Rajagopalan, Kanavillil. Bernstein, Basil (1924- ). 1055–1056
Veber, H. Boas, Franz (1858-1942). 1056–1056
Musolf, A. Bühler, Karl (1879-1963). 1057–1058
Bell, D. Carnap, Rudolf (1891-1970). 1058–1059
McHoul, Alexander W. Derrida, Jacques (1930-). 1059–1060
Fishman, Joshua A. Ferguson, Charles A. (1921-). 1061–1061
Palmer, F.R. Firth and the London School. 1061–1065
Maher, John C. Foucault, Michel (1926-84). 1065–1065
Koktová, Eva. Frege, Friedrich Ludwig Gottlob (1848-1926). 1066–1067
Braga, D. B. Freire, Paulo (1924-97). 1067–1068
Lindsay, R. Gibson, James J. (1904-79). 1068–1069
Schmitt, R. L. Goffman, Erving (1922-82). 1069–1070
Helsloot, N. Gramsci, Antonio (1891-1937). 1070–1071
Ruhlen, M. Greenberg, Joseph H. (1915- ). 1071–1073
Koktová, Eva. Grice, H. Paul (1926-85). 1073–1074
Thibault, P. Halliday, Michael A. K. (1925- ). 1074–1076
Asher, R.E. Hayakawa, Samual Ichiye (1906-92). 1076–1077
Romaine, Suzanne. Labov, William (1927- ). 1079–1080
Maher, John C. Lacan, Jacques (1901-81). 1080–1080
Campbell, A.T. Malinowski, Bronislaw Kaspar (1884-1942). 1080–1081
Feu, V.M. Du. Marr, Nikolai Jakovlevich (1864-1934). 1081–1082
Koktová, Eva. Morris, Charles William (1901-79). 1082–1083
Orlandi, E. Pêcheux, Michel (1938-1983). 1083–1084
Hookway, Christopher J. Peirce, Charles Sanders (1839-1914). 1084–1086
Donaldson, M.L. Piaget, Jean (1896-1980). 1086–1087
Koktová, Eva. Ryle, Gilbert (1900-76). 1087–1088
Psathas, George. Sacks, Harvey (1935-75). 1088–1089
Darnell, Regna. Sapir, Edward (1884-1939). 1089–1090
Stam, J. H. Whorf, Benjamin Lee (1897-1941). 1090–1091
Travis, C. Wittgenstein, Ludwig (1889-1951). 1091–1095

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