Pragmatics Flashcards
Language Function Dependent Upon:
- Form of utterance (prosody, intonation)
- Context (eye gaze, speaker/listener interaction, consequence of utterance, non-linguistic context, presupposition
Pragmatics goal
-In the form of gesture + eye contact the client will engage in discourse using structured activities 3/5 times independently.
Pragmatics Referred to as:
- Speech acts
- Communicative acts
- Function
- Illocutionary force
Comment
- i.d. or describe objects, ppl, states, or events
- include attributes, possessors, locations
- I eat cookies- describes event
- the car is red- includes attribution
- my stomach hurts- describes a state
- the ball is in the toybox-includes location
Regulate (others)
-Requires a response of someone else
Focus Attention
- regulate
- to self, obj, or event
- watch me dance
- look there’s a bird
Direct Attention
- Regulate
- for action to be carried out
- pick me up
Obtain Object
- regulate
- expressed desire for an item
- i want juice
Obtain Response
- regulate
- for response (question)
Obtain Info
- regulate
- unknown info for speaker
Obtain Participation/invite
- regulate
- in activity
Protest (pragmatic function) or Rejection (pragmatic or semantic)
-Express objection to or refusal of objects or actions
-suggested by another person
-Mother goes to feed child and he pushes spoon away.
Child says, “no like it’ pragmatic=protest
Emote
-Expresses emotion
-joy, surprise, sadness, anger, love
-i love you Pragmatics= emote
sem= state
-i don’t like it= rejection + emote
Routine
- Rituals
- greetings, manner words (please/thank you), animal sounds, environmental noises (choo choo, vroom vroom), reciting songs
Report or Inform
- temporal a lot
- speaking about objects or events that are not present
- Narration of past events (I ate cookies at school)
- Mention of non-present objects/ppl (if c sees glasses belonging to dad and dad is at work and c says “daddy”
Pretend
- sets an imaginary scene
- piles blocks and says” this is the castle where the princess lives
- pretends interactions with toys holds up dino and says to a little boy i will eat you
Discourse
-conversational skills
Discourse: Respond
-Respond: provide a response obligated by another’s utterances (answer to wh q’s and y/n)
Discourse: Imitate
- Imitate: repeats all or part of a prior utterance (unless it affirms, directs, or fulfills some other function)
- do you want milk? want milk want milk
Discourse: Affirm/ Acknowledge
- response to another’s utterance in order to indicate agreement
- yes or i do
Discourse: Negate
-response to another’s utterance in order to indicate disagreement (“no” or “I don’t”)
Discourse: Feedback
-allows speaker to know that listener is attending mhmm i see
Discourse: Repair
-response to request for clarification or misinterpretation by a speaker
Discourse: Initiate topic or turn
- used to change topic or to get the speaking floor
- you know what OR guess what?
