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Jane Allemano IATEFL 2013

Jane Allemano IATEFL 2013. Writing for the Real World. Pragmatics. Pragmatics?. McCarthy M (1991) Discourse Analysis for language teachers Cambridge: CUP Levinson S C (1983 ) Pragmatics Cambridge: CUP. ‘ The study of how meaning is created in context ’.

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Jane Allemano IATEFL 2013

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  1. Jane Allemano IATEFL 2013 Writing for the Real World

  2. Pragmatics

  3. Pragmatics? McCarthy M (1991) Discourse Analysis for language teachers Cambridge: CUP Levinson S C (1983) Pragmatics Cambridge: CUP ‘The study of how meaning is created in context’ ‘Context dependent rather than context independent’

  4. ‘A branch of linguistics concerned with the use of language in social contexts and the ways in which people produce and comprehend meanings through language’. Mey J L (2001) Pragmatics: An Introduction, 2nd ed. Wiley-Blackwell

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  6. Choices – context dependent • Physical • Social • Function • Culture • time and space • status, relationship, shared knowledge • persuasion, entertainment, advice • convention- e.g. Relevance, organisation

  7. This leads to.......... • Format • Register • Tone • Relevance • Level of assumed knowledge

  8. Questions for writers to ask themselves • Who is/are my reader(s)? • What is my relationship with my reader(s)? • Do I know them? • How do I feel towards my reader(s)? • What do I want my reader(s) to do? • Why am I writing this? • Am I helping/informing them or asking them to help me? • What information do they need?

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