pragmatics

Question 1

what is cultural allusions/references?

Answer 1

-references to shared knoweledge/experience
-“nice one Sherlock”

Question 2

what are pragmatic references?

Answer 2

-references that the writer expects the readers to understand without further
explanation
-“they just do it for the likes”

Question 3

intertextual references?

Answer 3

-an allusion/quotation to another text
-as the harry styles once said “treat people with kindness”

Question 4

implicature meaning?

Answer 4

-when the real meaning isn’t explicitly stated
-“do you mind” meaning “stop doing that”

Question 5

stereotypes

Answer 5

-society’s conventional views on groups
-male/female stereotypes

Question 6

humour?

Answer 6

-outright jokes but also a subtle display of wit
-laugh out loud and subtle crafted and sophisticated humour

Question 7

irony?

Answer 7

saying or writing something different from what you mean so that your audience understands what you really mean more forcefully

Question 8

deixis?

Answer 8

a way of verbal pointing

Question 9

what is temporal deixis?

Answer 9

-concerning time
-then, tomorrow…

Question 10

what is personal deixis?

Answer 10

-concerning people
-he, i, they…

Question 11

what is spatial diexis?

Answer 11

-concerning space/locations
-here, there…