Communicative and Pragmatic Aspects of Discourse

Abstract

The manual is written in need to provide an overview of Communicative as well as Pragmatic Linguistics in a discourse perspective. The main aim of the work is to link the study of language to the notions of discourse, communication, pragmatics, with a view to help students to better understand the nature of language as the basic means of mediated communication. The manual is designed to analyse the various ways, in which language is used in the process of mediated communication among the representatives of different social and cultural communities; the interdependence of a human being and language as a complex mental and social / cultural concept; the state of convergence in media and communication research - the relevance of the study of language to other disciplines mentioned, and the way in which other disciplines can shed light on what is known about language. The structure and content of the manual correspond to the Communicatively Pragmatic Aspects of Discourse syllabus designed for students of philology departments. The manual can be used by English language teachers, researchers, post-graduate students of English, as well as by anyone researching language from communicative and pragmatic perspective.