This book focuses on a particular type of formulaic expressions called Situation-Bound Utterances (SBUs). Since the meaning of these pragmatic units is shaped b

For over 40 years, experimental pragmatics research has operationalized situations as scenarios for discourse completions, roleplays, and meaningful tasks. Scen

The issue of high-level language proficiency in other than monolingual contexts can be approached from a variety of perspectives, including linguistic/structura

Explores the language behaviour of speakers of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF), through the lens of Gricean pragmatics. It will be of interest to a wide range

This volume is part of the series ‘Pragmatics, Philosophy and Psychology’, edited for Springer by Alessandro Capone. It is intended for an audience of under