Pragmatics Flashcards
1
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Pragmatics
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Related to Semantics, Information structure. Changes based on if information is new or given
2
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Given
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A man blew a bubble. He stopped.
3
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Fronting
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Enrique, I can’t stand. Information is given, everyone knows Enrique.
4
Q
New
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The man was bitten (by the dog). Russian puts new information at the end
5
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Clefting
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It was Gracie I couldn’t stand. Bringing Gracie in is new information
6
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Topic/Comment Language
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L’etat, c’est moi. Spanish was topic/comment but eventually dropped the topic so only the comment remains
