ch. 5

Question 1

felicity condition definition

Answer 1

these conditions need to be met in order for an utterance to be considered pragmatically well formed

Question 2

propositional content

Answer 2

a felicity condition that requires participants to understand a language, not just act

Question 3

preparatory condition

Answer 3

a felicity condition where the authority of the speaker and the speech act are appropriate to its being performed successfully

Question 4

sincerity condition

Answer 4

felicity condition that requires the utterance be performed seriously and sincerely

Question 5

essential condition

Answer 5

felicity condition where the speaker intends that the speech act be acted upon by the addressee.

Question 6

performative verbs definition

Answer 6

a performative verb makes a speech act direct

Question 7

performative verb ex

Answer 7

promise, ask, inform, warn, advise, protest and summon.

Question 8

indirect speech act definition

Answer 8

no performative verb– the illocution has to be deduced

Question 9

indirect speech act ex

Answer 9

I’ll bring you the book tomorrow

Question 10

direct speech act ex

Answer 10

I promise to bring you the book tomorrow

Question 11

direct speech act def

Answer 11

includes a performative verb, the illocution is clear

Question 12

locution def

Answer 12

the utterance’s form (mostly linguistic)

Question 13

illocution def

Answer 13

utterance’s function as a speech act

Question 14

information structure definition

Answer 14

connection between sentence structure and informative value

Question 15

factors used to mark information structure (3)

Answer 15

word order, markers (in some languages), giving a section of the phrase more emphasis

Question 16

topic of a sentence

Answer 16

sentence element that presents known information

Question 17

focus of a sentence

Answer 17

the informative part of a sentence (usually new info)

Question 18

passive form

Answer 18

object/person is made subject of sentence and person doing action is put last with the preposition by

Question 19

presentative structure

Answer 19

includes an anaphoric reference back to the subject to add emphasis

Question 20

cleft sentence

Answer 20

the construction form appears to be split in two

Question 21

pragmatic appropriateness

Answer 21

part of communicative competence– should fit the social circumstances of an utterance

Question 22

style

Answer 22

the fourth maxim of the cooperation principle

Question 23

social meaning of a language form

Answer 23

the usage conditions of utterances (pg 114)– constituted by social circumstances