Chapter 7 Pragmatics

Pragmatics

• the study of ways people use language in actual conversations

• what preceded a particular utterance in a discourse

• gives info about the situation in which it is uttered

• info about the relationships between the people who are speaking and what their roles are

Utterance

• what preceded a particular utterance in a discourse

• it is an event, something that happens

• gives info about the situation in which it is uttered

• info about the relationships between the people who are speaking and what their roles are

linguistic context

• it is an event, something that happens

• the study of ways people use language in actual conversations

• info about the relationships between the people who are speaking and what their roles are

• what preceded a particular utterance in a discourse

situational context

• info about the relationships between the people who are speaking and what their roles are

• a maxim when he says something that in its most literal meaning appears to violate a maxim

• gives info about the situation in which it is uttered

• perform act by using language

social context

• basic assumption underlying conversation is the understanding that what one say is intended to contribute conversational partners

• info about the relationships between the people who are speaking and what their roles are

• gives info about the situation in which it is uttered

• what preceded a particular utterance in a discourse

Maxims

• perform act by using language

• verbs

  denote purely linguistic actions

• they perform their functions in a direct and literal manner

• principle guiding the conversational interactions of both speakers and hearers

flouts

• perform act by using language

• one in which the particular action named by the verb is accomplished in the performance of the speech act itself

• denote purely linguistic actions

• a maxim when he says something that in its most literal meaning appears to violate a maxim

speech acts

• principle guiding the conversational interactions of both speakers and hearers

• denote purely linguistic actions

• perform act by using language

• probably the opposite of direct speech acts

performative speech act

• one in which the particular action named by the verb is accomplished in the performance of the speech act itself

• denote purely linguistic actions

• perform act by using language

• principle guiding the conversational interactions of both speakers and hearers

performative verbs

• one in which the particular action named by the verb is accomplished in the performance of the speech act itself

• denote purely linguistic actions

• probably the opposite of direct speech acts

• words or phrases whose use in a sentence often indicates the presence of a presupposition