The Handbook of PragmaticsISBN: 978-0-631-22548-5
Paperback
864 pages
January 2006, Wiley-Blackwell
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“The Handbook of Pragmatics presents a stunning
view of the range of research enterprises and programs of those who
have taken linguistic pragmatics 'out of the wastebasket'. Larry
Horn and Gregory Ward have demonstrated by their selections and
groupings an uncanny understanding of the coherence of this field
and their book will stand as a landmark in linguistics for a long
time to come.” Ellen F. Prince, University of
Pennsylvania
"It takes erudition, vision, and good taste to compile a good
handbook of any field, even more so in the notoriously unruly field
of pragmatics. Larry Horn and Gregory Ward have all of these. The
editors have gathered together an excellent array of contributors
to give us a handbook that will prove eminently useful to scholars
and students within and outside pragmatics. Readers will find in it
a reliable guide to the main pragmatic questions of the last three
decades, which is insightful, up-to-date, authoritative, and
accessible." Mira Ariel, Tel Aviv University
"It doesn't take much reading between the lines to see that this
is a stunning collection of essays, written by a cadre of the
field's best. Quality: superb. Quantity: vast. Relation: everything
there is that's relevant to pragmatics. Manner: as clear as it
gets!" Ivan A. Sag, Stanford University
"All in all, the Handbook of Pragmatics represents a broad spectrum of interests ... The collection's value is enhanced by an excellent "Introduction" from the joint hands of the editors, Larry Horn and Gregory Ward ... The book has been superbly produced, and the articles read generally very well." Intercultural Pragmatics