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Previously published as Pragmatics and Discourse, the newedition of this best-selling textbook:
has been revised and reorganised to focus solely on pragmatics
covers the core areas of the subject: context, co-text, speech acts, conversation structure, the cooperative principle, politeness and extends to more applied areas: corpora &communities, and culture &language learning
draws on a wealth of texts that include political speeches and newspaper extracts
provides classic readings from the leading scholars in the discipline
is accompanied by a companion website featuring extra activities and advice for professors and students on how to use the book.

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