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3 stages of development
 There are three stages in the development of

pragmatics.
 The 1st stage occurred in 1930s. The term “Pragmatics”
was used at a the 1st time. It was the branch of
Semiology/semiotics= the study of signs.
Pragmatics
 In 1938, Carnap said that pragmatics should focus on

relationship between users, words and reference
relationship.
 In 1940, Charles Morris divided semiology into 3 parts:
syntactics/syntax, semantics and pragmatics.
 Then, the 2nd stage: From 1950 to 1960: 3 philosophers:
Austin, Searle and Paul Grice established their theory
of Speech act and implicature theory.
 The 3rd Stage: in 1977, Jacob L. Mey published the 1st

Journal of Pragmatics in Holland.
 In 1983, Levinson wrote his book “Pragmatics” whereas
Geoffrey Leech wrote his “Principle of pragmatics”.
 In 1988,the set up of International Pragmatics
Association (IPrA). This was a year which noted as a
year when pragmatics turned into an independent
discipline.
Schools of Pragmatics
 There are two schools of pragmatics: Br. And

Am.school and European School.
 British and American school had a focus on sentence
structure and grammar: deictic
expression, conversational
implicature, presupposition, speech and conversational
structure. It was called : Micro-pragmatics.
 The European school had a wider focus. It focused on

macro-pragmatics scope like conversational
analysis, cultural anthropology, social linguistics and
psycholinguistics in the process of communication.

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The History of Pragmatics

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  • 2. 3 stages of development  There are three stages in the development of pragmatics.  The 1st stage occurred in 1930s. The term “Pragmatics” was used at a the 1st time. It was the branch of Semiology/semiotics= the study of signs.
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  • 14.  In 1938, Carnap said that pragmatics should focus on relationship between users, words and reference relationship.  In 1940, Charles Morris divided semiology into 3 parts: syntactics/syntax, semantics and pragmatics.  Then, the 2nd stage: From 1950 to 1960: 3 philosophers: Austin, Searle and Paul Grice established their theory of Speech act and implicature theory.
  • 15.  The 3rd Stage: in 1977, Jacob L. Mey published the 1st Journal of Pragmatics in Holland.  In 1983, Levinson wrote his book “Pragmatics” whereas Geoffrey Leech wrote his “Principle of pragmatics”.  In 1988,the set up of International Pragmatics Association (IPrA). This was a year which noted as a year when pragmatics turned into an independent discipline.
  • 16. Schools of Pragmatics  There are two schools of pragmatics: Br. And Am.school and European School.  British and American school had a focus on sentence structure and grammar: deictic expression, conversational implicature, presupposition, speech and conversational structure. It was called : Micro-pragmatics.
  • 17.  The European school had a wider focus. It focused on macro-pragmatics scope like conversational analysis, cultural anthropology, social linguistics and psycholinguistics in the process of communication.