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An introduction to contemporary pragmatics, focusing on Anglo- American and continental schools of thought. The former sees pragmatics as a core component of the theory of language; the latter views it more in the context of sociology, psychology and discourse analysis.

Who is it for? Second or third-year linguistics students, scholars and students of language in philosophy, psychology, anthropology and even computer science.

Presentation: The title lists key concepts, standard symbols and abbreviations and offers a glossary, a synopsis for each chapter, references and guides to further reading.

Would you recommend it? Yes.

Tim Connell is director of language studies at City University London.