English pragmatics: a handbook for English Department Undergraduate Students Faculty of Letters and Humanities UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya

English Pragmatics contains basic concepts of Pragmatics, a branch of Linguistics which deals with the study of the system of language-in-use. It is intended to be used by Indonesian students of English Department who are majoring in the study of English Language. The writing of this book is motivated by the fact that during his teaching of Pragmatics subject, he feels that students need a book which contains simple and understandable materials with some practical and student-contextually-familiar examples. Based on some references, knowledge, and experiences obtained along his teaching career, the writer encourages himself to put on his ideas more permanently in the form of this piece of writing, partly to comply with the above needs, and partially to satisfy his desire of self-actualization