Pragmatics Exercises (Source: Fromkin & Rodman’s 1998 edition of An Introduction to Language (6th ed.)) Task I: The following sentences make certain presuppositions. What are they? (The first one has been done for you!) 1. The police ordered the minors to stop drinking. Presupposition: The minors were drinking. 2. Please take me out to the ball game again. Presupposition: 3. Valerie regretted not receiving a new T-bird for Labor Day. Presupposition: 4. That her pet turtle ran away made Emily very
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Introduction Pragmatics is a subfield of linguistics which studies the ways in which context contributes to meaning. Pragmatics encompasses speech act theory‚ conversational implicature‚ talk in interaction and other approaches to language behavior in philosophy‚ sociology‚ linguistics and anthropology. Unlike semantics‚ which examines meaning that is conventional or "coded" in a given language‚ pragmatics studies how the transmission of meaning depends not only on structural and linguistic
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Semantics vs. pragmatics Introduction The distinction between semantics and pragmatics has received a lot of bad press in recent years. It has been claimed to be faulty‚ confused‚ or even nonexistent. However‚ these claims are based on is conceptions of what the distinction is and of what it takes to show there to be something wrong with it. As I see it‚ the semantic-pragmatic distinction fundamentally concerns two types of
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The Pragmatic Failure in Intercultural Communication between China and Western Countries Student Number:26031 Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement of the LSI Pre-Sessional course Submitted on 26th August 2014 Teacher’s name:Jackie Parr Abstract Pragmatic failure means the inability to understand what is meant by what is said. It means a breakdown of intercultural communication
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1.1 The concept of deictic centre Deixis deals with the words and expressions whose reference relies entirely on the circumstances of the utterance. For that reason these special expressions and their meaning in discourse can only be understood in light of these circumstances. The term deictic centre underlines that the deictic term has to relate to the situation exactly at the point where the utterance is made or the text is written. One could even say that the deictic centre is the unmarked
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used to violate conversational implicatures which Trump created consciously. I also analysed all the types of implicatures detected in these excerpts. Besides that‚ other pragmatic strategies used to violate the maxims were analysed –tautology and politeness strategies. The importance of tautology cannot be denied in the pragmatic analysis of spoken discourse. Despite it being counted as a major error‚ speakers commonly use tautology in everyday life. Trump uses this powerful device to emphasize a
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Pragmatic and procedural reasoning are two type strategies used by occupational therapy practitioners in clinical reasoning. Pragmatic reasoning focuses on the factors in the context of the practice and the client personal context that might affect the intervention‚ whereas procedural reasoning focuses on the client goals‚ and treatment plan that can help improve the client functional performance. Some examples of pragmatic reasoning are skills‚ equipment‚ time‚ law and policies. After the evaluation
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Materia Lingüística Paper Pragmatic Analysis of Seinfeld “The Contest” Alumno: Juan Wickenhagen Profesora: Karen De Francesco CAFI 2012 Index Abstract……………………………………………………2 Introduction………………………………………………..3 Corpus……………………………………………………..4 Conclusion……………………………………………….16 Bibliography……………………………………………...17 Annex: Seinfeld “The Contest” : Full Synopsis………………..18 Abstract This paper focuses on the pragmatic analysis of an episode of the American sitcom “Seinfeld” called
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Pragmatic Literary Criticism Pragmatic criticism is concerned‚ first and foremost‚ with the ethical impact any literary text has upon an audience. Regardless of art ’s other merits or failings‚ the primary responsibility or function of art is social in nature. Assessing‚ fulfilling‚ and shaping the needs‚ wants‚ and desires of an audience should be the first task of an artist. Art does not exist in isolation; it is a potent tool for individual as well as communal change. Though pragmatic
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Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen Institut für Anglistik PS: Pragmatics Prof. Dr. Christiane Brand SS 2013/14 Chinese Culture: The Onion Model and Stereotypes Wu Pui Ying 3D‚ 41 Blue Pool Road Happy Valley Hong Kong sarahwpy@hotmail.com Matrikelnummer: 17012786 20 September 2014 Content 1. Introduction 1 2. The Onion Model 2 2.1 Rituals 2 2.1.1 The Dragon Dance 2 2.1.2 Temple Worship 3 2.2 Values
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