I What is Pragmatics In other words semantics focuses on the meaning that comes from linguistic knowledge, while pragmatics concentrates on those aspects of meaning that cannot be predicted by linguistic know ledge alone and takes into account our know ledge about the physical and social world
I What is Pragmatics • In other words, semantics focuses on the meaning that comes from linguistic knowledge, while pragmatics concentrates on those aspects of meaning that cannot be predicted by linguistic knowledge alone and takes into account our knowledge about the physical and social world
Sentence Meaning Utterance Meaning It is context-dependent It is the abstract co t It is the product of independent sentence meaning and entity called context. Therefore. it is richer than the s ma n c proposition meaning of the s e n te n e
Sentence Meaning Utterance Meaning It is the abstract c o n t e x t - i n d e p e n d e n t e n t i t y c a l l e d s e m a n t i c p r o p o s i t i o n . It is context-dependent. It is the product of sentence meaning and context. Therefore, it is richer than the m e a n i n g o f t h e s e n t e n c e
I What is Pragmatics Pragmatics also differs from syntax in that pragmatics is concerned with the appropriateness of naturally occurring utterances. For example the four utterances in the following dialogue are all syntactically incomplete, but pragmatically they are all appropriate"in the particular context
I What is Pragmatics • Pragmatics also differs from syntax in that pragmatics is concerned with the appropriateness of naturally occurring utterances. For example, the four utterances in the following dialogue are all syntactically incomplete, but pragmatically they are all "appropriate" in the particular context
I What is Pragmatics Jane: Coffee? Steve: Sure Jane: White? Steve: White
I What is Pragmatics • Jane: Coffee? • Steve: Sure. • Jane: White? • Steve: White
Like pragmatics, text analysis is also concerned with language used in particular contexts. It is the linguistic analysis of naturally occurring connected spoken or written texts In other words. it is the study of linguistic units larger than sentences or clauses
• Like pragmatics, text analysis is also concerned with language used in particular contexts. It is the linguistic analysis of naturally occurring connected spoken or written texts. In other words, it is the study of linguistic units larger than sentences or clauses