Book Review

Foundations of pragmatics is one of the nine volumes of the series of handbooks of pragmatics. the series contains nine self-contained volumes which provide a comprehensive overview of the entire field of pragmatics. the nine handbooks cover a variety of topics including patterns of linguistic actions, functions of language, types of inferences, principles of communication, frames of knowledge, attitude and belief, and principles of text and discourse. the handbooks follow two objectives. they cover theories, approaches, concepts and topics of pragmatics. they also follow a definite structure, which gives coherence to the field of pragmatics. each volume pursues a particular aim. all the articles are state-of-the-art reviews and critical evaluations of the topics in the ongoing developments.