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In: Midlife (or How to Hero at Fifty!) Series v.6
In: Cambridge elements
The concept of inference is foundational to the study of pragmatics; however, the way it is theoretically conceptualised and methodologically operationalised is far from uniform. This Element investigates the role that inference plays in pragmatic models of communication, bringing together a range of scholarship that characterises inference in different ways for different purposes. It addresses the nature of 'faulty inferences', promoting the study of misunderstandings as crucial for understanding inferential processes, and looking at sociopragmatic issues such as the role of commitment, accountability and deniability of inferences in interpersonal communication. This Element highlights that the question of where the locus of meaning lies is not only relevant to pragmatic theory but is also of paramount importance for understanding and managing real-life interpersonal communication conflict.
Discussions and Democracy: Motivation, Growth, and the New Social Studies Classroom focuses on strategies and best practices for developing and implementing seminars and deliberations. It explores the impacts of how utilizing discussion pedagogy can promote and facilitate student motivation and engagement.
In: European Perspectives on the United States Series v.9
"This book presents a self-contained and accessible economic analysis of American politics. Chapters address voters, political parties, the media, Congress, the Presidency, and the Supreme Court. Maurer explains how the Framers' design usually encourages moderation - but can also veer into the kind of dangerously divisive politics we know today"--
In: Hallesche Sprach- und Textforschung. Language and Text Studies. Recherches Linguistiques et Textuelles Series v.24
This collective volume offers a detailed account of the language of adventure tourism from a linguistics, a semantics, and a pragmatics viewpoint. All chapters are corpus-assisted and present novel research, providing methodological guidance and relevant results that can be useful for future investigation.