PragmaticsThis is an introduction to pragmatics, the study of how people make sense of each other linguistically. The author explains, and illustrates, basic concepts such as the co-operative principle, deixis, and speech acts, providing a clear, concise foundation for further study. |
Contents
Definitions and background | 3 |
Deixis and distance | 9 |
Reference and inference | 17 |
Cooperation and implicature | 39 |
26 | 46 |
27 | 99 |
36 | 106 |
Common terms and phrases
action actually addressee adjacency pair anaphoric answer assertion assumption basic called Cambridge University Press Chapter communicated concept context conventional conversation analysis conversational implicatures cooperative principle cultural deictic expressions described Discourse analysis discussion distal distance distinction English entailment entity example expected explicit performative expres face saving act face wants GEOFFREY NUNBERG HARVEY SACKS hearer identify illocutionary act illocutionary force illustrated indicate indirect speech act inference insertion sequence intended interaction interpreted involved JOHN SEARLE knowledge language linguistic forms listener Mary pregnant maxims meaning negative politeness normally noun phrases overlap PAUL GRICE performative verb pragmatics pre-request presented presupposed presupposition promise pronoun question recognized referring expression relationship relevant request response scalar implicature schemata Semantics sentence sequence shown sion social someone spatial deixis speaker assumes specific speech event statement STEPHEN LEVINSON talk temporal deixis Text things tion typically utterance words