Pragmatics Flashcards
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Pragmatics
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The analysis of language in terms of its functional communicative properties, rather than its formal and structural properties.
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What is the difference between Locutionary and Illocutionary speech acts?
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Locutionary speech is the act that is performed by saying something (e.g., asking, ordering, threatening), while Illocutionary is the act of speaking itself or the act of causing a particular effect on others as a result of speech.
