Pragmatics

Question 1

Subjective accommodation

Answer 1

Level we aim for our intention our belief that we have lead to the accommodation

Question 2

Objective accommodation

Answer 2

Reality what really happened

Question 3

Miscarried accommodation

Answer 3

When intention didn’t match outcome

• patronised
• offence
• confusion

Question 4

Convergence

Answer 4

Adapt communicative behaviour using range of linguistic, paralinguistic and non verbal features
- become more similar to their interlocutors behaviour

Question 5

Motive to convergence ?

Answer 5

Desire of approval from one another

Question 6

Divergence

Answer 6

Accentuation of speech and non verbal differences

Question 7

Upward convergence

Answer 7

Adopt prestige patterns of upper class interviewee

Question 8

Downward convergence

Answer 8

Emphasis on low prestige minority heritage

Question 9

Maxim quality

Answer 9

Make contributions a true one
Not say what’s false

Question 10

Maxim relevance

Answer 10

Be relevant

Question 11

Maxim of quantity

Answer 11

Make contribution as informative as required

Don’t make it more informative than is required

Question 12

Maxim of manner

Answer 12

Avoid obscurity of expression

Avoid ambiguity

Be brief

Be orderly

Question 13

Flouted maxims

Answer 13

Been broken on purpose

New meaning - implicated

Question 14

Pragmatics

Answer 14

Social language

Question 15

Implicature

Answer 15

Implying a meaning beyond literal sense of what’s stated

Question 16

Presupposition

Answer 16

Tactical assume beforehand at beginning of line of argument course of action

Question 17

Abducted inference

Answer 17

If it rains grass = wet

Abducts it rained

Question 18

Pejorative

Answer 18

Expressing contempt or disapproval

Question 19

Locutionary act

Answer 19

Relating physical act of saying something

Question 20

Perlocutionary act

Answer 20

Effect the utterance has on listener

Persuading