LECTURE 10- PRAGMATICS

Question 1

what is pragmatics and what are some types?

Answer 1

study of the intended, not literal meaning

types include metaphors, irony, idioms, sarcasm

Question 2

explain the standard pragmatic model

Answer 2

1 stage= go through the literal meaning first

2= decide if the literal meaning makes sense or matches with context

3- if literal meaning is inadequate we will search nonliteral meanings

so this model predicts metaphorical meaning is accessed very slowly compared to literal meanings

Question 3

explain the prediction model

Answer 3

1 stage= latent sematic analysis, this represents the meaning o words based on relations with other words

2= construction integration= when you use information from the first stage to construct interpretation

Question 4

what is common ground?

Answer 4

adopting the position of speakers perspective to understand what they are saying. shared knowledge between speaker and listerner
again this is very attentionally demanding