ABSTRACT

This book showcases new and innovative developments and approaches in pragmatics, spotlighting perspectives from an international range of emerging scholars undertaking cutting-edge research pushing the field in new directions.

The volume begins by taking stock of the most up-to-date developments in pragmatics research, as embodied by the work of a newer generation of pragmaticists. Chapters are organized around key areas of development within pragmatics, including intercultural and cross-cultural pragmatics, cognitive pragmatics, and new perspectives on referencing, implicating, and inferring, shedding further light on the ways in which pragmatics increasingly interfaces with other linguistic disciplines and on innovative methodologies. The book also places the focus on pragmatics approaches in languages other than than English, further expanding the borders of research.

This book will be of particular interest to scholars in pragmatics interested in staying on top of the latest developments and future directions for the field.

chapter 1|28 pages

Introduction

New Waves in Pragmatics

chapter 2|13 pages

Can Cats Pick Up Chainsaws?

The Interaction of Context and Plausibility

chapter 4|21 pages

“We Have a Big Crowd”

The Different Referents of the First-Person Plural in U.S. Presidential Candidates’ Talk on Entertainment-Political Interviews

chapter 5|19 pages

Whatever Can Be Meant Can Be Echoed

A Comparison of Since When Questions and Echo Declarative Questions

chapter 6|19 pages

The Pragmatics of Japanese Quotative Constructions

A Comparative Study between Japanese and Japanese Heritage Language Families

chapter 10|22 pages

Pragmatic Aspects of Translation

A Contrastive Analysis of Translation Processes Illustrated by Inductive-Empirical Eye-Tracking, Writing Process Analysis, and a Questionnaire