Pramatics by George Yule

Chapter 1 : Definitions and Background

HARVIANTI FITRI
Definitions
Pragmatics is the study of speaker meaning.
- Analyse > people mean and word mean

Pragmatics is the study of contextual meaning.

- Interpretation of the speaker in particular context (who,when,where,what)

Pragmatics is the study of how more gets coomunicated than is said.

- explore the invisible meaning to reach the speaker’s intended meaning

Pragmatics is the study of the expression of relative distance.

- the assumtption closeness between the listener and the speaker
 Syntax,Semantics,Pragmatics
Syntax > Semamtics > Pragmatics

Syntax > study of linguiscics of how the linguistics well-formed.

Semantics > study between the linguist and entities in the world (word and
things) which produces the description.
Pragmatics > study of relationship between linguistic form and the users of those
form.

Advantage
- People’s intended meaning Disadvantage
- Assumpstion Human concept are extremely difficult to
- Purposes or goals analyze in a consisten and objective way.
- the action when people speak
Regularity
Some of that regularity derives from the fact that people are members of social groups and follow general
patterns or behavior expected within the group.

Stupidity

Communicated in a community
without basic knowledge of how
to communicate
The Pragmatics Wastebasket
Overflowing language > wastebasket ?

The duck ran up to Mary and licked her > p and q

The duck licked Mary and ran up to her > q and p

Duck > Dog