Pragmatics

Inferences supported by conventional rules on how to use language.

Shared previous assumptions that are accepted in communication.

Function as hints between speakers to specify which assumption is being presumed.

Basic units of linguistic interaction:

E.g. Requests, commands, and suggestions

PRAGMATICS

Study of language used in context.

Conversational Implicature

Presuppositions

Speech acts

Quality

"Be truthful when communicating"

Quantity

"Give appropriate amounts of information"

Manner

"Utterances should be clear"

Relevance

'Contributions should add to the situation'

Indirect Speech Acts

Non-standard usage

Content

"Propositions carried by the speech act"

Force

Features that differentiate

speech acts