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This document provides background information on pragmatics and definitions of the term. It discusses how pragmatics is the study of contextual meaning, speaker meaning, and how more is communicated than what is said. Some examples are given of how meaning can depend on context, such as differing interpretations of "yes", "no", and "perhaps" depending on whether the speaker is a diplomat or lady. It also notes that contextual meaning is not fully determined by the words used due to a gap between word meaning and intended thought.

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By: John War Ronald Villareal
Background of Pragmatics CharlesMorris (1903 1979) Was concerned with the study of the science of signs, which he called semiotic; Distinguished 3 branches of semiotics: syntactics (or syntax), which studies the formal relation among different signs; semantics, the study of the relation between the signs and the objects they denote; and pragmatics, the study of the relation of signs to their interpreters, i.e. people.
Pragmatics The word pragmatics derives from the Greek word pragma, which means 'matter', 'thing', but also 'action' (cf. Linke, Nussbaumer & Portmann (1996)).
Definitions 1: Pragmatics is the study of speaker meaning. 2: Pragmatics is the study of contextual meaning 3: Pragmatics is the study of how more gets communicated than is said 4: Pragmatics is the study of the expression of relative distance. ( Yule:2008).
Pragmatics 1. When a diplomat says yes, he means perhaps; 2. When he says perhaps, he means no; 3. When he says no, he is not a diplomat. 4. When a lady says no, she means perhaps; 5. When she says perhaps, she means yes; 6. When she says yes, she is not a lady.
Assigning Sense in Context Sometimes the process of identifying pragmatic meaning involves interpreting ambiguous and vague linguistic expressions in order to assign them sense in context. These observations show that contextual meaning is not fully determined by the words that are used: there is a gap between the meaning of the words use dy the speaker and the thought that the speaker intends to express by using those words on a particular occasion.

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  • 1. By: John War Ronald Villareal
  • 2. Background of Pragmatics CharlesMorris (1903 1979) Was concerned with the study of the science of signs, which he called semiotic; Distinguished 3 branches of semiotics: syntactics (or syntax), which studies the formal relation among different signs; semantics, the study of the relation between the signs and the objects they denote; and pragmatics, the study of the relation of signs to their interpreters, i.e. people.
  • 3. Pragmatics The word pragmatics derives from the Greek word pragma, which means 'matter', 'thing', but also 'action' (cf. Linke, Nussbaumer & Portmann (1996)).
  • 4. Definitions 1: Pragmatics is the study of speaker meaning. 2: Pragmatics is the study of contextual meaning 3: Pragmatics is the study of how more gets communicated than is said 4: Pragmatics is the study of the expression of relative distance. ( Yule:2008).
  • 5. Pragmatics 1. When a diplomat says yes, he means perhaps; 2. When he says perhaps, he means no; 3. When he says no, he is not a diplomat. 4. When a lady says no, she means perhaps; 5. When she says perhaps, she means yes; 6. When she says yes, she is not a lady.
  • 6. Assigning Sense in Context Sometimes the process of identifying pragmatic meaning involves interpreting ambiguous and vague linguistic expressions in order to assign them sense in context. These observations show that contextual meaning is not fully determined by the words that are used: there is a gap between the meaning of the words use dy the speaker and the thought that the speaker intends to express by using those words on a particular occasion.