SEMANTICS Vs PRAGMATICS

SEMANTICS Vs PRAGMATICS

1. SEMANTICS

   • From the Greek "Semantikos" that is "sense" or "meaning"
   • Study the meaning of the linguistic signs
   • Related to the meaning, "sense" and "interpretation"
     • Words
     • Expressions
     • Símbols
   • It's divided in
     • DENOTATION
       • Original expression, the one from dictionaries or encyclopedias
         • Donkey: the domesticated animal, having long ears and a loud bray.
     • CONNOTATION
       • Alternative form in which the word is used
         • "Rafa is a Donkey", it refers to a silly person
   • Branches
     • LINGUISTICS
       • Coding and decoding of the semantic content
     • LOGIC
       • Relation between the linguistic sign and the reality
     • COGNITIVE
       • Attempts to explain why we communicate
         • Relation generated between the speaker and the listener

2. PRAGMATICS

   • Relation between the signs and their interpreters
   • Analyzes the influence of the context
     • Context: understood as situation
       • Any extralinguistic aspect
     • Is the meaning interpretation
   • Influential factors
     • SOCIAL
     • PSYCHOLOGICAL
     • CULTURAL
     • LITERARY
       • Determine the structure of verbal communication and its consequences
   • Study the language and its relation
     • THE SPEECH ACTS
       • ASERTIVE OR CONSTATIVES
         • Made by means of an assertive statement
           • Affirmative or negative
             • - It's not raining. - the sun is shining.
       • PERFORMATIVE
         • The fact "to say is to do"
           • Can be
             • INSTITUTIONALIZED
               • "I now pronounce you husband and wife"
             • AFFIRMATION
               • "I insist, he is a liar"
             • PROMISES
               • "I promise that I will go"
             • EXPRESSIONS OF WHISES
               • "I wish you could stay"
             • PROHIBITIONS
               • "You can't go to the party"
             • REQUESTS
               • "Can you lend me the book?"
             • INVITATIONS
               • "Would you like to have breakfast with us?"

3. Both help to understand the phenomenon of the linguistic signs

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