Pragmatics /
George Yule.
- 1st ed.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
- xiv, 138 p. ; 20 cm.
- Oxford introductions to language study .
- Oxford introductions to language study. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-126).
Definitions and background -- Deixis and distance -- Reference and inference -- Presupposition and entailment -- Cooperation and implicature -- Speech acts and events -- Politeness and interaction -- Conversation and preference structure -- Discourse and culture.