Beyond the Surface of Pragmatics offers a compelling reconfiguration of pragmatic study as a profoundly expansive and nuanced field—one that transcends traditional notions of speech acts and conversational maxims to interrogate the very fabric of communicative meaning. Positioned at the intersection of sociolinguistics, cognitive linguistics, discourse analysis, and cultural theory, this volume establishes pragmatics as both a theoretical lens and a practical tool for decoding the complexities of human interaction.

Across ten intricately connected chapters, the book explores the layered dimensions of pragmatic phenomena as they unfold in everyday life, institutional settings, and cross-cultural exchanges. From implicit meaning and politeness strategies to rhetorical silence, media framing, and identity construction, the text elucidates how pragmatic devices function not merely as linguistic ornaments but as generative forces that shape discourse, social relations, and cultural consciousness.

Rather than treating pragmatics as a peripheral or auxiliary concern, the work positions it as the architecture of meaning-making—a dynamic scaffold through which interlocutors negotiate power, enact identities, and perform social rituals. Through detailed analysis and interdisciplinary synthesis, the book reveals pragmatics as a deeply integrative discipline: one that not only analyzes language in use, but also interrogates how language reflects, mediates, and transforms lived experience.

An essential resource for scholars, educators, and students alike, Beyond the Surface of Pragmatics invites readers to reimagine language as an ethical, cognitive, and relational enterprise. It challenges us to move beyond surface-level interpretations and to embrace the depth, fluidity, and cultural embeddedness of communication.

Author :  Dr Hanip Pujiati

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