Children vary in their ability to use language in social contexts and this has important
consequences for wellbeing. We review studies that test whether individual differences in …

This chapter reviews three influential perspectives in research on discourse markers:
Schiffrin's discourse perspective, Fraser's pragmatic approach, and Maschler's functional …

This paper argues for the need to recognize a new order of syntactic phenomena, and for a
theory of syntax capable of addressing it. Dialogic syntax encompasses the linguistic …

Yan Huang's highly successful textbook on pragmatics-the study of language in use-has
been fully revised and updated in this second edition. It includes a brand new chapter on …

While lying has been a topic in the philosophy of language, there has been a lack of
genuine linguistic analysis of lying. Exploring lying at the semantics-pragmatics interface …

Discourse markers are a crucial component of natural language, which is why a description
and account of their diachronic evolution must be part of our linguistic models. However …

The view behind this Handbook defines pragmatics briefly as the cognitive, social, and
cultural science of language and communication. This introductory chapter is intended to …

This dictionary provides a full and authoritative guide to the meanings of the terms, concepts,
and theories employed in pragmatics, the study of language in use. Pragmatics is a central …

Computer-‐mediated language research represents a new and dynamically evolving field.
Although a few pioneering studies were published in the 1980s, 1 linguistic study of …

Neurotrophins and neuropeptides are the essential regulators of peripheral nociceptive
nerves that help to induce, sensitize, and maintain pain. Neuropeptide has a neuroprotective …