Pragmatics flashcards
21 flashcard decks by 18 users
This Pragmatics page on GoConqr gathers community-made flashcards on speech acts, politeness and implicature. The decks give university students terms to practise and teachers material to use. There are over 10 decks, mostly at university level. Pick a deck and start revising.
Flashcards
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76 cardsPragmatics What is pragmatics?
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85 cardsPragmatics
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53 cardsLasc5 - Pragmatics and Discourse
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35 cardsLasc6 - Pragmatics & Discourse 2
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10 cardsPragmatics English
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41 cardsImportant Definitions - Pragmatics and discourse
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30 cardsInterculturalCommunication_Lernkartei
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33 cardsTalk and Action What are implicatures?
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26 cardsLasc7 - Pragmatics & Discourse 3 Task (from last week): Identify and label the cohesive devices you can find
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13 cardsPragmatics 101 What is a direct speech act? What an indirect one?
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13 cardsspeech what are the 5 functions of speech?
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8 cardslingustic exam What is the Speech Act Theory?
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14 cardsSpeech Acts
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7 cardsPoliteness Lakoff's 3 Strategies:
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8 cardsUntitled THE CONVENTIONAL MEANING OF WORDS AND STRUCTURES USED
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12 cardsContextual
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2 cardsUntitled Cooperative principle: Communicative exchange with characteristic behaviors among the participant, what is ...
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4 cardsUntitled
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4 cardsModels of Lingustic Interaction What does the Stalnakerian update consist of?
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2 cardsTheories What are the forms of politeness theory?
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1 cardsBrown & Levinson politeness theory What is Brown & Levinston Politeness theory?
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About pragmatics flashcards
GoConqr OriginalWhat the pragmatics flashcards cover
The decks offer different routes through the unit. Pragmatics 101 asks about direct and indirect speech acts, illocution and maxims. Talk and Action covers implicatures and ways of responding to maxims. The Politeness deck focuses on Lakoff’s strategies and Leech’s maxims.
How to use the decks
Start with Pragmatics 101 if you want questions on several topics. For a more focused session, try Speech Acts, which includes locutionary, illocutionary and perlocutionary terms. Read each prompt, attempt an answer from memory, then check the card and return to terms you found difficult.
If you want to see ideas laid out together, switch to a mind map on the Pragmatics unit page. You can also try a quiz there after working through a deck. Choose a topic and explore its flashcards.
Frequently asked questions
Which flashcard deck is a good place to start?
Pragmatics 101 is a useful starting point if you want to practise several topics in one deck. Its questions cover direct and indirect speech acts, illocution, maxims and politeness. For a narrower session, Speech Acts focuses on terms associated with speech acts.
Which decks cover politeness and implicature?
The Politeness deck covers Lakoff’s strategies and Leech’s maxims. Talk and Action includes questions on implicatures and ways of generating conversational implicatures. There is also a deck on Brown & Levinson politeness theory, so you can choose a deck that matches the topic you want to revisit.
Are these flashcards free to use?
Yes. Every deck listed here is free to open and study, and you do not need an account to use it. The resources were made by GoConqr users. A free account also lets you make your own flashcards, quizzes, mind maps and notes, and save quiz scores.