Pragmatics Flashcards
(21 cards)
What is pragmatics?
The appropriate use of language in different contexts
What is exophoric referencing?
Referencing something outside of the text
What is endophoric referencing?
Referencing an element from within the text itself
What is intertextuality?
The shaping of a text meaning by another text
What is ilocutionary force?
The intention part of a speech
What is perlocutionary force?
The effect an utterance has on the audience
What are assertives?
Statements you know (facts)
What are commisives?
Statements you will commit
What are directives?
Request/orders
What are expressives?
Statements that express an emotional state
What are declarations?
Statements that bring a change (power is needed for this)
What are Grices conversational maxims?
Quality, quantity, relevance and manner
What are Lakoff’s politeness principles?
1 don’t impose
2 give options
3 make the receiver feel good
What is positive face?
The desire to be liked and admired by others
What is negative face?
The desire to be autonomous and free from others
What is face work?
The need to maintain proper image of self to continue social interaction
Positive / negative phase threatening acts are?
Communication that affects the positive (criticism) or negative face (commands)
What is back channeling?
Active listening prompts such as “alright”, “go on” or “uh-huh”
What is deixis?
Words that are context balm when meaning depends on who is being referred to, where something is happening or when it is happening
What is implicature?
A statement where something else can be inferred from it
What is allusion?
A reference to something but without explicit meaning
