Tuesday, 24 September 2013

Keywords and Definitions

Locution - Literal Sense. "A child asks their mother 'Can i go out to play?' The response is..." 


Example: Locution - "It's raining" Illocution - "You can't go out" Perlocution - "I am not allowed to play out".


Illocution - Implied Meaning. Example: (Implied Meaning) "You get the phone" - "You can't go out" - It's you, It's not me".


Pragmatics - ' The practical ability to use language in a social setting and changing social situations. Knowing what is appropriate to say, where and when to say it; and the give and take nature of conversation. ' Underline meaning of what someone thinks.



Phatic Language - Small talk and fillers.

Formality - The way people speak and the tone that they use.

Deixis - Word that refers to something else (point).


Pronoun - A word used in place of a noun e.g he, her, his, them, it, out, they, we and you.


Context Dependent - When you need to know the context to understand it.


Context Independent - When theres a information and everyone can understand the context.

Cultural Assumptions - Most Pragmatic assumptions rely on Cultural assumptions. A person from another country or culture may not understand things that we know.


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