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Pragmatics

Pragmatics. EDL 1201 Linguistics for the Language Teacher. Definition. Pragmatics is concerned with the interpretation of linguistics meaning in context. 2 kinds of context are relevant (linguistics context and situational context) Fromkin pg 207

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Pragmatics

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  1. Pragmatics EDL 1201 Linguistics for the Language Teacher

  2. Definition • Pragmatics is concerned with the interpretation of linguistics meaning in context. 2 kinds of context are relevant (linguistics context and situational context) Fromkin pg 207 • Pragmatics is the branch of linguistics that studies information structure. Finegan, pg 261

  3. Discourse • A sequence of spoken or written utterances that ‘go together’ in a particular situation. (Finegan, pg 261) • “Larger units” of combined linguistics units in expressing complex thoughts and idea. (Fromkin 209) • In Bahasa Melayu, it is termed as ‘wacana’. • In other words it means ‘the complex thoughts and ideas expressed in a sequence in a certain situation.”

  4. Aspects of discourse that influence linguistic meaning • Pronouns pg 209 • Bound pronoun • Free or unbound pronoun • Gapping • Sluicing • Articles THE and A • Indicating referent to a noun

  5. Situational Context • Much discourse is telegraphic (pg 212). • The contextual knowledge of who is speaking, who is listening, what objects are being discussed, etc. in a conversation. • Often , what we say is not literally what we mean. “It’s cold in here.”

  6. Ways real-world context influences and interacts with meaning • Maxims of conversation • unwritten rules of being in a conversation • We can recognise a string of utterances, words, phrases, sentences that hang together in a situational context, or when it is disjointed.

  7. Cooperative Principle • Maxim of Quantity • Maxim of Relevance • Maxim of Manner • Maxim of Quality

  8. Read 1 • B. Then he took her all the way home to meet his parents. • A. Yes, errr… • B. Yes, I know what you mean, did they go berserk? Well, I tell you… • C. Hah! I have known Hj Halim for a long time. Did he…? • A. Indeed he did.

  9. Read 2 • Y: I went for a holiday. • X: Where’s that? • Z: Where’s what? Holidays? I had gone for a holiday once. It was such a wonderful place. Never had been to such a place before. I wonder why… • Y: errrr…Pulau Tioman. • Z: Pulau what? Never did like island resorts, the sand gets into everything! Pheerg! • X: Errr…?

  10. Presuppositions • Implicit assumptions about the real world. • Read the examples – pg 216 and 217 • Consider these: • I told you so. • Would you know if I had not told you?

  11. Reading assignments • Read on Encoding Information Structure (Finegan pg 260 – 281 • And Fromkin pg 207 - 221

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