ABSTRACT

Pragmática del español introduces the central topics in pragmatics and discourse from a sociolinguistic perspective.

Pragmatic variation is addressed within each topic, with examples from different varieties of Spanish spoken in Latin America, Spain and the United States.

A companion website provides additional exercises and a corpus of Spanish data for student research projects. A sample syllabus and suggestions for further reading help instructors tailor the material to a one-semester course or as a supplement to general introduction to Hispanic linguistics courses.

This is an ideal resource for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students, at level B2 – C2 of the Common European Framework for Languages, and Intermediate High – Advanced High on the ACTFL proficiency scales.

part |118 pages

Conceptos fundamentales de pragmática

chapter Capítulo 1|24 pages

Conceptos fundamentales: contexto, uso y variación

chapter Capítulo 3|26 pages

Actos de habla en contexto

chapter Capítulo 4|40 pages

La comunicación inferencial: de lo dicho a lo implicado

part |64 pages

Análisis del discurso y (des)cortesía

chapter Capítulo 5|30 pages

Análisis del discurso: uso del lenguaje en acción

chapter Capítulo 6|32 pages

Cortesía y descortesía en el mundo hispanohablante

part |66 pages

Uso y variación en el mundo hispanohablante

part |60 pages

Aprendizaje, enseñanza y métodos de pragmática