Pragmatics An Introduction
“Pragmatics An Introduction” by Jacob L. Mey is a comprehensive exploration of the field of pragmatics, published by Wiley on February 8, 2001. This second edition, consisting of 392 pages, provides a succinct overview of how language is used in social interactions, focusing on the choices individuals make and the constraints they face. The book reviews foundational work by scholars such as Austin, Grice, and Searle, delving into the implicit meanings found in everyday conversation and the social significance of pragmatic acts.
Readers will find an updated examination of metapragmatic phenomena, particularly the concept of ‘indexing’ within the US anthropological-pragmatic tradition. Mey expands on his theory of Pragmatic Acts, including discussions on embodiment, and introduces new chapters that address literary pragmatics and cross-cultural pragmatics. The final chapter highlights recent research in the critical orientation of the discipline, offering insights into the social aspects of pragmatics. This edition serves as a valuable resource for those interested in language arts, communication studies, and sociolinguistics.
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This is a succinct introduction to the rapidly developing field of pragmatics – the study of language from the point of view of its users, of the choices they make, the constraints they encounter in using language in social interaction, and the effects their use of language has on other participants in communication.
The book reviews the work of Austin, Grice, Searle, Levinson and others, examining the implicit meaning of everyday conversation, as well as the social importance and determination of our individually performed ‘pragmatic acts’.
In this updated and thoroughly revised edition, Mey extends the treatment of metapragmatic phenomena to what is often referred to, in the US anthropological-pragmatic tradition, by the term ‘indexing’. He has also given full-fledged treatment to his theory of Pragmatic Acts (including ’embodiment’), and has included new chapters on literary pragmatics and pragmatics across cultures. The final chapter on social aspects of pragmatics covers extensive recent research in what has come to be named the ‘critical’ orientation of the discipline.
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