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    Pragmatics studies how utterances are used and interpreted based on context. It focuses on understanding what speakers mean rather than just what they say. Key aspects of pragmatics include speech act theory, which analyzes utterances based on their intended function; cooperation theory, which explains how people try to have effective conversations; and the importance of context including linguistic, physical, and cultural context in interpreting messages. Pragmatics analyzes language use in relation to situations, contexts, interlocutors, and shared information.

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    Pragmatics studies how utterances are used and interpreted based on context. It focuses on understanding what speakers mean rather than just what they say. Key aspects of pragmatics include speech act theory, which analyzes utterances based on their intended function; cooperation theory, which explains how people try to have effective conversations; and the importance of context including linguistic, physical, and cultural context in interpreting messages. Pragmatics analyzes language use in relation to situations, contexts, interlocutors, and shared information.

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    PRAGMATICS Learning materials

    BY: MICKAELLA V. ASIERTO


    BSED II BLOCK C
    • PRAGMATICS STUDIES:

     How utterances are used .


     its about interpreting what speakers mean.
    SENTENCE vs. UTTERANCES

    • UTTERANCE
    • SENTENCE:
    • The use of a sentence, in a
    A string of words put together
    particular context.
    by the grammatical rules of
    language
    THE INTERPRETATION OF MESSAGES:

     BASED ON:
    -knowledge of the meaning
    - knowledge about context
    LINGUISTIC CONTEXT

    • Linguistic context/co-text:
    - set of words used in the same phrase or context
    - as the word ‘pupil’ is a homonym
    - how do we know which meaning is intended?
    • Usually by means of the linguistic context:
    - If it is used in asentence with words like ‘teacher’,
    - we understand that the pupil here means ?
    - if it is used in a sentence with words like ‘eye’, ‘dilatation’ we
    know that here it means ?
    PHYSICAL CONTEXT

    • Physical context:
    - if the location will influence interpretation

    • If you see a sign like this near a school:


    - SLOW DOWN. PUPILS CROSSING THE STREET
    - It does not that you have to slow down because you could run
    over eye-pupils and reduce them to a pulp.
    LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT

    • The intended meaning of the whole exchanges depends on:


    CONTEXT
    INTENTIONS
    SHARED KNOWLEDGE
    CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS

    If we don’t have a context or some knowledge about a situation ,


    the meaning can be ‘ invisible’
    DEIXIS

    • Deixis comes from Greek and means ‘pointing’ by means of


    language

    • Words that cannot be interpreted alone, without being put in a


    context if used without a shared knowledge or clear contxt can
    result very vague.
    • PERSON DEIXIS : I, YOU, THEM
    • PLACE DEIXIS: HERE, THERE, THAT
    • TIME DEIXIS : NOW
    THEORIES

     Speech acts theory


     Relevance theory
     Cooperation theory
     Argumentation theory
    SPEECH ACT THEORY

    Words do not have meaning by themselves


    Speech acts

    • We can use languages to do things


    • What can we do with the following expressions?
    1. Time out!
    2. Shotgun!

    • the meaning of these expression is what they do


    EXPRESSION AND MEANING

    Assertive
    Directives
    Commissive
    Expressive
    Declaratives
    Speech acts examples

    • Speech acts can also be performed with complete sentences

    John read the book. Assertion


    Did john read the book. Question
    Please pass the salt. Request
    ANALYSIS OF SPEECH ACT

    • Speech acts can be analyzed by three levels

    LOCUTIONARY ACT
    PRELOCUTIONARY ACT
    ILLOCUTIONARY ACT
    LOCUTIONARY ACT

    • Speaker’s utterance:
    -the performance of an utterance
    - semantic and syntactic aspects

    Example:
    ‘close the window’
    ILLUCOTIONARY ACT

    • Speaker’s intention
    - Real intended meaning

    Example:
    The person who is talking is cold.
    PERLOCUTIONAR ACT

    • Hearer’s reaction:
    Its actual effect

    Example:
    The action of closing the window.
    COOPERATION THEORY

    • The way in which people try to make conversation work.


    THE CO-OPERATIVE PRINCIPLE

    • 4. MAXIMS ( SAYING):
    - quantity
    - quality
    - relation
    - manner
    PRAGAMATICS ANALYSIS

    • Related to the situation


    • Related to the context
    • Related to the people
    • Related to the information
    SUMMARY

    • PRAGMATICS STUDIES:
    - The use and effects of language
    how it is based on the relationship established between:
    utterance, context and interlocutors.

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