i need it for my exam in january - i don't mean the dictionary definition of pragmatic, but the actual term describing it - that is used in english language AS.
2007-12-19 04:30:41 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Pragmatics is a branch of linguistics that studies how meaning is created between communicators, and how more gets communicated than is said.
So in the dialogue
A: Phone!
B: I'm in the bath!
the participants understand one another because they share a whole swathe of past experience and present knowledge which is not made explicit in the words they use - A is not just telling B that there is a phone in the house, and B is not simply informing him of her present whereabouts.
2007-12-19 04:39:25 · answer #1 · answered by vilgessuola 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
study of aspects of meaning and language which are dependant on speaker,addressee,and other features of context uttterance.
the goals of the speaker
context of utterance
generally preserved principles of communication.
concerns such as:
speech acts
implicature
treatment of given versus new information
sorry this answer isnt very good but hope i helped anyway!
2007-12-19 04:36:51 · answer #2 · answered by See 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means that the person is acting because they think its the most convenient or easiest way to act.
2007-12-19 04:34:34 · answer #3 · answered by Yun 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋