Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students.

Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the series offer an accessible overview of the subject, with activities, study questions, sample analyses, commentaries, and key readings - all in the same volume. The innovative and flexible 'two-dimensional' structure is built around four sections - introduction, development, exploration, and extension - that offer self-contained stages for study. Each topic can also be read across these sections, enabling the reader to gradually build on the knowledge gained.

Now in its fourth edition, this best-selling textbook:

• Covers the core areas of the subject: speech acts, the cooperative principle, relevance theory, corpus pragmatics, politeness theory, and critical discourse analysis
• Has updated and new sections on intercultural and cross-cultural pragmatics, critical discourse analysis and the pragmatics of power, second language pragmatic competence development, impoliteness, post-truth discourse, vague language, pragmatic markers, formulaic sequences, and online corpus tools
• Draws on a wealth of texts in a variety of languages, including political TV interviews, newspaper articles, extracts from classic novels and plays, recent international films, humorous narratives, and exchanges on email, messaging, Facebook, Twitter, and WhatsApp
• Provides recent readings from leading scholars in the discipline, including Jonathan Culpeper, Lynne Flowerdew, and Cesar Felix-Brasdefer
• Is accompanied by eResources featuring extra material and activities.

Written by two experienced teachers and researchers, this accessible textbook is an essential resource for all students of English language and linguistics.

About the Author

Joan Cutting is a senior lecturer in TESOL at the University of Edinburgh. She studies intercultural pragmatics, vague language, and in-group codes. She is author of Analysing the Language of Discourse Communities (2000) and Language in Context in TESOL (2015), editor of Vague Language Explored (2007), and coeditor of the Edinburgh Textbooks in TESOL series (2013-2017).

Kenneth Fordyce is a lecturer in TESOL at the University of Edinburgh. He previously worked as a language teacher in Austria and Japan. His research covers corpus linguistics, pragmatics, and intercultural pragmatics. He has a particular interest in post-truth discourse and the language of truth and lies in politics, the media, and health communication.

Reviews

Pragmatics is no longer just a subject of philosophical enquiry and is now firmly established as the investigation of the real world of everyday language use in all its variety and media of communication. This book gives the most up-to-date introduction to a fast-moving field.

Michael McCarthy, Emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics, University of Nottingham, Adjunct Professor of Applied Linguistics, University of Limerick, and Visiting Professor in Applied Linguistics at Newcastle University.

Book Information
ISBN 9780367207250
Author Joan Cutting
Format Paperback
Page Count 294
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 590g