Semantics, Pragmatics And Discourse Flashcards
Pragmatics is based on
context of utterances
Link between semantics and pragmatics
Both concerned with meaning
When sentence is uttered by spekaer, the act performed is…
Speech act
Considering meaning as part of utterance was initiated by who?
Philosopher J.L Austin
JL Austin gave distinction of
Sense and Force
Sense is
Logical and locutionary meaning
Force is
Act performed in uttering a sentence and illocutionary meaning
What is cooperative principle?
When people communicate, they assume.other person will be cooperative and they themselves wish to co-operate
Who gave cooperative principle?
Grice
Maxims under cooperative principle?
Quality, quantity, relevance, manner
These maxims are often violated, giving rise to ..
Conversational implicatures ( given by Grice )
the two contexts for language are…
Extra-Linguistic and Intra-Linguistic
For discourse analysis, the context we’re concerned with is..
Intra Linguistic
Aspects of discourse are?
Intonation, Grammatical, Semantic/Pragmatic
Grammatical aspect of discourse creates..
Text
Semantic/pragmatic aspect of discourse creates…
Discourse
Rules of relations between sentences create…
Cohesion
Sentences are also utterances and have a force vital to their meaning called…
Coherence
Mode of discourse is
Spoken or written
Tenor of discourse is
Relationship between speaker and hearer in a given situation, formality or informality
Field of discourse
Area of activity to which discourse belongs
