Communication

Beth Haslet University of Delaware

• Part I Conceptual Approaches to Pragmatics; Chapter 1 Conceptual Foundations of the Pragmatic Perspective; Chapter 2 Structural Approaches to Pragmatics; Chapter 3 Structural Pragmatics; Chapter 4 Functional Approaches to Communication; Chapter 5 Contextual Approaches to Communication; Part II An Integrated Perspective on Human Communication; Chapter 6 An Integrated Perspective on Human Communication; Part III Communication in Context; Chapter 7 Communicative Development; Chapter 8 Pragmatic Approaches to Interpersonal Communication; Chapter 9 Educational Communication;

"...an important resource for students of pragmatics, offering an overview of research which may fall outside an individual researcher's chosen methodology but is, in fact, shown to be quite relevant...produces useful criticisms of each methodology examined, identifies important considerations for future research, and advances the debate over what pragmatics is and what it should be."—American Scientist"Overall, Haslett's book makes several valuable contributions to the discourse analytical literature. Particularly noteworthy are her excellent integration of numerous publications, her emphasis on the primacy of text, and her valuable methodological recommendations."—Quarterly Journal of Speech