Pragmatics is one of the rapidly growing fields in contemporary linguistics. Huang provides an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the central topics in pragmatics - implicature, presupposition, speech acts, and deixis.
A comprehensive guide to the terms, concepts, and theories of pragmatics from the traditional to the most recent, showing how they originated and how they are used. A vital resource for students and researchers in linguistics, philosophy, psychology, anthropology, and computational linguistics.
Anaphora, a crucial aspect of communication, requires listeners or readers to connect words to prior references, such as pronouns and demonstratives. This intricate process involves complex cognitive and syntactic mechanisms that individuals typically navigate effortlessly. However, it poses significant challenges for linguists and cognitive scientists seeking to understand the precise mechanisms behind comprehension. The exploration of these challenges sheds light on the nuances of language understanding and the cognitive processes involved.