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Mey received his Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics from the University of Copenhagen in 1960, supervised by Louis Hjelmslev.
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Pragmatics: An Introduction
(This is a succinct introduction to the rapidly developing...)
This is a succinct introduction to the rapidly developing field of pragmatics - the study of language from the point of view of its users, of the choices they make, the constraints they encounter in using language in social interaction, and the effects their use of language has on other participants in communication.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0631211322/?tag=2022091-20
(Concise Encyclopedia of Pragmatics) Author: J. L. Mey published on (September, 2009)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00Y2V6C3C/?tag=2022091-20
When Voices Clash (Trends in Linguistics): A Study In Literary Pragmatics by Mey, Jacob (2000) Paperback
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(Pragmatics: An Introduction) Author: Jacob L. Mey published on (February, 2001)
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When Voices Clash (Trends in Linguistics): A Study In Literary Pragmatics
(Examines how the viewpoints of literary characters may cl...)
Examines how the viewpoints of literary characters may clash, causing the reader to lose the thread of the story. This study inquires as to how this is caused, observed and repaired, and examines the linguistic and narrative-technical "tricks" that the reader uses in order to follow the narrative.
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- Whose Language?: A study in Linguistic Pragmatics (Pragmatics & Beyond Companion Series) ("For the colonized person, objectivity is always dir...)
- Whose Language?: A study in Linguistic Pragmatics (Pragmatics & Beyond Companion Series) by Jacob L. Mey (1985-01-01)
- Pragmatics: An Introduction by Jacob L. Mey (2001-02-08)
- Pragmatics: An Introduction by Jacob L. Mey (2001-02-08)
Jacob Louis Mey
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He is currently Professor Emeritus in the Institute of Language and Communication at the University of Southern Denmark, from which he retired in 1996. He has also worked at the University of Oslo, the University of Texas at Austin, Georgetown University, Yale University, Tsukuba University, The National Language Research Institute, Tokyo, Northwestern University, the City University of Hong Kong, the University of Frankfurt, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Universidade de Brasília, the University of Haifa and Haifa Technion, Södertörn University College, and Örebro University. Until 2010, he was chief editor of the Journal of Pragmatics, which he founded in 1977 with Hartmut Haberland.
He is chief editor of RASK, the international journal of language and communication, and one of the editors of Pragmatics & Society.
He originated the notion of the pragmeme. In 1992 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Zaragoza.
Mey has been married to Inger Mey since 1965. They have 5 children.
Works
book
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Pragmatics: An Introduction
(This is a succinct introduction to the rapidly developing...)
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When Voices Clash (Trends in Linguistics): A Study In Literary Pragmatics
(Examines how the viewpoints of literary characters may cl...)
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Whose Language?: A study in Linguistic Pragmatics (Pragmatics & Beyond Companion Series)
("For the colonized person, objectivity is always directed...)
- (Concise Encyclopedia of Pragmatics) Author: J. L. Mey published on (September, 2009)
- When Voices Clash (Trends in Linguistics): A Study In Literary Pragmatics by Mey, Jacob (2000) Paperback
- (Pragmatics: An Introduction) Author: Jacob L. Mey published on (February, 2001)
- Whose Language?: A study in Linguistic Pragmatics (Pragmatics & Beyond Companion Series) by Jacob L. Mey (1985-01-01)
- Pragmatics: An Introduction by Jacob L. Mey (2001-02-08)
- Pragmatics: An Introduction by Jacob L. Mey (2001-02-08)
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Pragmatics: An Introduction
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