An Introduction To Pragmatics
An Introduction To Pragmatics
Bruce Fraser
Boston University
December 1987
PREFACE
Linguistic pragmatics is the study of linguistic communication . The writer here presented a general picture of what researchers in the field see to be the " received dicta " . He has borrowed liberally from any and all available sources , usually without attribution .
CHAPTER 1 THE DOMAIN OF PRAGMATICS
1. INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS :
Syntactic studying the ways in which signs are combined and the signification of signs . Pragmatics studying the origin , uses , and effects of signs . The difference between them lies in the sector of behavior under consideration .
A . Pragmatics is the study of how language is used to communicate . Viewed as :
1 . How the speaker (Sp) can convey more than sentence meaning through an utterance .
2 . The role that context (Cxt) and speaker performance (Perf) play in linguistic communication .
3 . How to assign Sp meaning to the utterance of a sentence .
4 . The domain of investigation is provided by the grammar of the language and discourse analysis ( Discourse Analysis is the study of language use ) .
B . Pragmatics doesn't account for use of language to :
1 . Bring of effects on Hr as a result of what has been communicated .
2 . Keep someone awake through the noise of language .
3 . Trick someone into believing you are a Sp of another language by uttering several expressions .
4 . Create emotion , as through poetry .
5 . Use of non-verbal communication (NVC) to augment verbal communication .
2. HUMAN COMMUNICATION :
A . Common sense that is understanding:
1 . An individual , A , decides to inform another individual , B , of something (e.g. A is angry ; A wants B to sit down) .
2 . A engages in a particular behavior to get B recognize the something .
3 . A succeeds in communicating when B recognizes what A wants
B . More formally , human communication occurs when
1 . An individual , A , holds certain Internal
Bruce Fraser
Boston University
December 1987
PREFACE
Linguistic pragmatics is the study of linguistic communication . The writer here presented a general picture of what researchers in the field see to be the " received dicta " . He has borrowed liberally from any and all available sources , usually without attribution .
CHAPTER 1 THE DOMAIN OF PRAGMATICS
1. INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS :
Syntactic studying the ways in which signs are combined and the signification of signs . Pragmatics studying the origin , uses , and effects of signs . The difference between them lies in the sector of behavior under consideration .
A . Pragmatics is the study of how language is used to communicate . Viewed as :
1 . How the speaker (Sp) can convey more than sentence meaning through an utterance .
2 . The role that context (Cxt) and speaker performance (Perf) play in linguistic communication .
3 . How to assign Sp meaning to the utterance of a sentence .
4 . The domain of investigation is provided by the grammar of the language and discourse analysis ( Discourse Analysis is the study of language use ) .
B . Pragmatics doesn't account for use of language to :
1 . Bring of effects on Hr as a result of what has been communicated .
2 . Keep someone awake through the noise of language .
3 . Trick someone into believing you are a Sp of another language by uttering several expressions .
4 . Create emotion , as through poetry .
5 . Use of non-verbal communication (NVC) to augment verbal communication .
2. HUMAN COMMUNICATION :
A . Common sense that is understanding:
1 . An individual , A , decides to inform another individual , B , of something (e.g. A is angry ; A wants B to sit down) .
2 . A engages in a particular behavior to get B recognize the something .
3 . A succeeds in communicating when B recognizes what A wants
B . More formally , human communication occurs when
1 . An individual , A , holds certain Internal