Flashcards
Pragmatics
Cards in this deck (10)
- 1ImplicatureAn implied meaning that has to be inferred as a result of a conversational maxim
- 2InferenceThe process of deriving implied meanings
- 3IronyUsing language to signal an attitude other than what has been literally expressed
- 4DiexisWord that are context-bound where meaning depends on who is being referred to, where something is happening or when it is happening
Temporal Diexis - 5Speech actsCommunication acts that carry meaning beyond the words and phrases used within them, e.g apologies and promises
- 6Speech acts examplesTypes of Speech Acts
Representatives: assertions, statements, claims, hypotheses, descriptions, suggestions.
Commissives: promises, oaths, pledges, threats, vows.
Directives: commands, requests, challenges, invitations, orders, summons, entreaties, dares.
Declarations: blessings, firings, baptisms, arrests, marrying, juridial speech acts such as sentencings, declaring a mistrial, declaring s.o.out of order, etc.
Expressives: Speech acts that make assessments of psychological states or attitudes: greetings, apologies, congratulations, condolences, thanksgivings...
Verdictives: rankings, assessments, appraising, condoning (combinations such as representational declarations: You're out!) - 7Speech acts PragmaticsLocutions and Illocutions
Locutions: the utterance act. Sentences have a grammatical structure and a literal linguistic meaning; the bald, literal force of the act: what did the person say? (Not, what did the person mean?)
Illocution: the speaker's intention of what is to be accomplished by the speech act.
Compare: How'd you like to hand me that wrench? (locution: a question) has the illocutionary force of a command: - 8Question TextAnswer Text
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- 10FaceThe concept of how all communication relies on presenting a ‘face’ to listeners and audience, and how the management of positive and negative face needs to contribute to interaction jfjfnnfmmfmfmfmmfmfm