Pragmatics Terminology

Question 1

Politeness:

Question 2

Implicature:

Question 3

Deixis:

Answer 3

• The use of general words and phrases to refer to a specific time, place, or person in context

Question 4

Speech acts:

Answer 4

• Communicative acts that carry meaning beyond the words and phrases used within them, for example, apologies and promises.

Question 5

Face:

Answer 5

• The concept of how all communication relies on presenting a ‘face’ to listeners and audiences, and how the management of positive and negative face needs to contribute to interaction.

Question 6

Cooperative principles in conversation:

Answer 6

• How interaction is thought to be based upon various kinds of cooperative behaviour between speakers