Language Levels - Pragmatics Flashcards
What is locution?
Literal meaning.
What is illocution?
Intended meaning.
What is perlocution?
Effect of the utterance on the listener.
What is physical context?
Where the communication is happening?
What is social context?
Relationships and social status of the speakers.
What is cultural context?
Norms and values.
What is implicature?
Refers to what is suggested in an utterance even though not expressly stated or entailed by the utterance.
What is person deixis and examples?
Refers to words that indicate the speaker, the listener, or other individuals, e.g. I, you, he.
What is spatial deixis and examples?
Refers to words that indicate location or direction, e.g. here, there, this, that.
What is temporal deixis and examples?
Refers to words that indicate time, e.g. now, then, today, yesterday.
What is deixis/deictic?
Refers to words or phrases that depend on context for their meaning.
