Pragmatics and Key features of the new edition two new strands on Corpora and Communities and Culture and Language Learning; the merging of two strands on Context and Co-Text; new material from speaker-based cognitive linguistics; updated references; and fresh examples and exercises. Written by an experienced teacher and author, this accessible textbook is an essential resource for all students of English language and linguistics. The accompanying website to this book can be found
It's a very good basic book for anyone who wants to learn more about pragmatics and discourse. I myself am not reading the whole book, just the parts to do with politeness for my thesis, but it's really helpful.