Pragmaticizing understanding : studies for Jef Verschueren

Pragmaticizing Understanding; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; On how to pragmaticize understanding; 1. An understanding of pragmatics; 2. The pragmatics of understanding; 3. The role of tents, breakfasts, and so much more; 4. Lives in pragmatics; 5. Going beyond a good start; References; 1. Included in language, excluded from linguistics; 2. The normativity of indexicality and the problem of a metapragmatic; 4. The semiotic vs. historical location of a concept of grammatical structure; References; 1. From the Fact-Value dichotomy to illocutionary acts classification
The ideas that mark modern-day pragmatics are old, but did not start to get more systematically developed until the 1960s and 1970s. Still, the very recognition of pragmatics as a self-standing academic discipline is a product of the 1980s, not least made possible by the establishment of the International Pragmatics Association. One scholar in particular has devoted his life both to IPrA and to the discipline.This volume pays homage to Jef Verschueren on the occasion of his 60th birthday. It celebrates him for his long-standing dedication as Secretary General of IPrA and for his scholarly cont