Quiz 1 Flashcards
Speech act
The action performed by producing an utterance.
Expressive speech act
State what the speaker feels.
Negative face
A persons need to be independent and not imposed upon by others.
Face saving act
Saying something to lessen the possible threat.
Regularity
Acting in regular ways when it comes to language.
Antecedent
The initial expression used to identify someone or something.
Maxims
One of the four sub principles of the cooperative principle. Quantity - informative information but no more tan required. Quality - contribution that is true. Relation - be relevant. Manner - avoid ambiguity.
Locutionary
Basic act of an utterance.
Commissive speech act
Used by speakers to commit to future actions.
Cooperative principle
Making conversational contributions such as is required.
Reference
An act in which a speaker uses words to enable a listener to identify something.
Illocutionary act
Forming an utterance with some kind of function in mind.
Cross cultural pragmatics
Study of different expectations among different communities regarding how meaning is constructed.
Positive politeness strategy
Appealing to a common goal or friendship to get something.
Representative speech act
State what the speaker believes to be the case or not.
Anaphor
The word used to maintain a reference.
IFID
Illocutionary Force Indicating Device. Indication in what the speaker says and the force behind that communication.
Directive speech act
Sized by speakers to make someone do something.
Syntax
The study of the structure connecting linguistic forms.
Context
The physical environment in which a word is used.
Felicity conditions
Expected or appropriate circumstances for the performance of a speech act.
Face
Public self image.
Presupposition
Something the speaker assumes to be the case prior to making an utterance.
Pragmatics
The study of the relationships between linguistic forms and thos who use them.
