Fundamentos y modelos del estudio pragmático y sociopragmático del español

by Susana de los Heros, Mercedes Ni o-Murcia, Sarah E. Blackwell, Gonzalo Mart nez Camino, C sar F lix-Brasdefer

Overview

This rich textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the principal concepts and thematic areas of Spanish pragmatics. It is aimed at advanced students of Spanish—upper-level undergraduates and beginning graduate students—who need to hone their language skills for contextually sensitive use of the language.

Written entirely in Spanish, with Spanish examples, this volume introduces basic pragmatics, methods of analysis, and new thematic areas such as language and the press and globalization. Theoretical explanations combine with practical exercises in each chapter to help students master the subtleties of language use.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781589019362
Publisher:	Georgetown University Press
Publication date:	01/08/2013
Series:	Georgetown Studies in Spanish Linguistics series
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.90(h) x 1.00(d)
Language:	Spanish
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Susana de los Heros is professor of Hispanic studies at the University of Rhode Island.

Mercedes Niño-Murcia is professor of Hispanic linguistics at the University of Iowa.

Table of Contents

Introducción

Parte I: Nociones básicas del estudio pragmático

1. Semántica y pragmática: El significado de las palabras vs. el significado del hablanteSarah E. Blackwell

2. Decir y dar a entender: El proceso inferencial en la comunicaciónGonzalo Martínez Camino

Parte II: Métodos de análisis

3. Actos de hablaCésar Félix-Brasdefer

4. Cortesía lingüística y comunicativaDiana Bravo

5. Análisis de la conversaciónDale A. Koike y Memoria C. James

6. Análisis del discursoHolly R. Cashman

7. El análisis crítico del discursoVirginia Zavala

Parte III: Lengua y poder

8. Lengua y géneroSusana de los Heros

9. Variación lingüística, redes y clase socialMaría Isabel González-Cruz

10. Lengua y políticaJosé Luis Blas Arroyo

11. Lengua e identidadAnna María Escobar, María del Puy Ciriza, y Claudia Holguín-Mendoza

12. Lengua e inmigraciónIsabel Bustamente-López

13. Lengua y educaciónAna Isabel García Tesoro

Parte IV: Lengua y comunicacion

14. Lengua y periodismoNieves Hernández Flores

15. Lengua y globalizaciónMercedes Niño-Murcia

Colaboradores

Indice

What People are Saying About This

Susan Berk-Seligson

This book is a unique resource for undergraduate and graduate students of Spanish linguistics. Covering fifteen important topics in the realm of sociopragmatics, each one written in Spanish by a specialist in the field and each providing a wealth of textual material intended for student analysis and reflection, this edited volume will surely engage its readers through its lively format and content and at the same time will demonstrate to its readership the theoretical richness and methodological diversity that characterize this field.

From the Publisher

"This book is a unique resource for undergraduate and graduate students of Spanish linguistics. Covering fifteen important topics in the realm of sociopragmatics, each one written in Spanish by a specialist in the field and each providing a wealth of textual material intended for student analysis and reflection, this edited volume will surely engage its readers through its lively format and content and at the same time will demonstrate to its readership the theoretical richness and methodological diversity that characterize this field."—Susan Berk-Seligson, professor of Spanish linguistics, Vanderbilt University

Editorial Reviews

This book is a unique resource for undergraduate and graduate students of Spanish linguistics. Covering fifteen important topics in the realm of sociopragmatics, each one written in Spanish by a specialist in the field and each providing a wealth of textual material intended for student analysis and reflection, this edited volume will surely engage its readers through its lively format and content and at the same time will demonstrate to its readership the theoretical richness and methodological diversity that characterize this field.

Susan Berk-Seligson