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Pragmatics

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understanding of how context influences meaning; language isn’t always literal

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Conversational structure

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opening, maintaining, turn-taking, conversational repair, conversational closure

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Prutting and Kirchner’s pragmatic checklist

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Physical proximity
Physical contact 
Body posture
Foot/leg/hand/arm movement
Gestures 
Facial expressions
Eye gaze
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Grice’s cooperative principle

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Maxim of quantity
Maxim of quality
Maxim of relation
Maxim of manner

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Maxim of quantity

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information; contribution to conversation contains enough info without overloading

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Maxim of quality

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truth; topic must be true, be able to back up statements

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Maxim of relation

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relevance; only include relevant info

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Maxim of manner

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clarity; avoid obscurity, ambiguity; be brief and orderly

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