Pragmatics

PRAGMATICS. SPEECH ACT THEORY Basic notions of pragmatic linguistics. Classifications of speech acts. Indirect speech acts.

The term ‘pragmatics’ ,[object Object],[object Object],Pragmatics is the study of the relation of linguistic units to people who communicate Semantics is the study of the relation of linguistic units to the objects they denote Syntax is the study of the grammatical relations of linguistic units to one another and the grammatical structures of phrases and sentences that result from these grammatical relation

Linguistic pragmatics ,[object Object]

What are you doing? ,[object Object]

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Utterance a propositional base (objective part) the pragmatic component (subjective part).

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The term ‘speech act’ ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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J.Austin’s speech act theory ,[object Object],Statements Performatives Constatives the speaker is performing an action can really change things only under certain circumstances.

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Performatives Explicit Implicit

The action performed by producing an utterance ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Locutionary act ,[object Object],[object Object]

Illocutionary act ,[object Object]

Perlocutionary act ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Classifications of speech acts. Indirect speech acts.

John Searle ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Speech act type Direction of fit s – speaker x - situation It was a warm sunny day. John is a liar. S believes X make words fit the world Representatives I pronounce you man and wife. You’re fired. S causes X words change the world Declarations

Speech act type Direction of fit s – speaker x - situation Don’t touch that (commands, orders, suggestions) S wants X make the world fit words Directives I’m really sorry. Happy birthday! (statements of pleasure, joy, sorrow, etc.) S feels X make words fit the world Expressives

Speech act type Direction of fit s – speaker x - situation I’ll be back (promises, threats, pledges – what we intend to do) S intends X make the world fit words Commissives

Indirect speech acts ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Classification of speech acts by G.Potcheptsov ,[object Object],[object Object]

This classification includes ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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