QUIX IV: Foundations of Language Flashcards
What is pragmatics?
The rules for using language appropiately in social sitiuations
What are a few discourse types?
conversation
narrative
expository
procedural
Coversation
spontaneous, interactive exchange
Narrative
structured storytelling with beginning, middle, and end
Context
critical for interpreting meaning – who’s speaking, where, when, and why
Paralinguistics
includes tone, pitch, volume, facial expressions, body language
What are a few story grammar components?
setting
characters
initating event
interal response
plan
attempt
resolution/ending
What are the components of the Grice’s conversational maxims?
quantiy
quality
relation
manner
What is quantity?
a. say the right amount
b. be relevant
c. be clear and orderly
a. say the right amount
What is quality?
a. say the right amount
b. be relevant
c. be truthful
c. be truthful
What is relation?
a. be truthful
b. be relevant
c. be clear and orderly
b. be relevant
What is manner?
a. be clear and orderly
b. be relevant
c. be clear and orderly
c. be clear and orderly
What is cohesion
surface-level linguistic connectios (pronouns, conjunctions)
What is coherance?
logical flow and overal sense of meaning
Waht is coversational repair?
strategies for fixing misunderstandings or miscommunications
what is presupposition?
what a speaker assumes the listener already knows
What is schemas
mental frameworks that help us interpret language based on prior knowledge
Wha tis an example of a generational change?
new slang, borrowed words, and evolving grammar
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