# Key Notions for Pragmatics Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights **Opening (not a real abstract):** Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights (HoPH) The ten volumes of Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights focus on the most salient topics in the field of pragmatics, thus dividing its wide interdisciplinary spectrum in a transparent and manageable way. Each volume starts with an up-to-date overview of its field of interest and brings together some 12-20 entries on its most pertinent aspects. Since 1995 the Handbook of Pragmatics (HoP) and the HoP Online (in conjunction with the Bibliography of Pragmatics Online) have provided continuously updated state-of-the-art information for students and researchers interested in the sdence of an ua **Authors:** [[Jef Verschueren, Jan]]