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WHAT IS PRAGMATICS? Group 1 Asep Aprianto Bobby Sander Richo Arifianto Sandi Juandi English Language and Literature Studies Indonesia University of Education

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WHAT IS PRAGMATICS?Group 1

Asep ApriantoBobby Sander

Richo ArifiantoSandi Juandi

English Language and Literature Studies

Indonesia University of Education

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Welcome to the

World of Meaning!

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• History of Pragmatics1• Definitions of Pragmatics2• Abstract to Contextual Meaning3• Utterance and Force Meaning4

• Questions & Answers5

The Discussion

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1. HISTORY OF PRAGMATICS

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Classical Pragmatics

1. Far-side Pragmatics: Beyond Sayinga. Austin, Searle, and Speech Actsb. Grice and Conversational Implicaturesc. Bach, Harnish, and a Unified Theory

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Classical Pragmatics

2. Near-side Pragmaticsa. Kaplan on Indexical and Demonstrativesb. Pragmatic Puzzles of Referentialismc. Stalnaker on Context and Content

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Contemporary Pragmatic Theory

1. Two models of Linguistic Communication2. Relevance Theory

2.1 The Principles of Relevance2.2 Implicated Premises and Conclusions

3. Levinson's Theory of Utterance-Type-Meaning4. Literalists, Minimalists, Contextualists and Others

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2. DEFINITION OF PRAGMATICSWhen a diplomat says yes, he means ‘perhaps’;

When he says perhaps, he means ‘no’;When he says no, he is not a diplomat.

Voltaire (Quoted, in Spanish, in Escandell 1993.)

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Some Definition of Pragmatics

• Morris, 1938. Pragmatics concerns the relation of signs to their interpreters.

• Gazdar, 1979. Pragmatics = Meaning-Truth conditions.

• Thomas, 1995. Pragmatics is meaning in use or meaning in context.

• Yule, 1996. The study of meaning as communicated by a speaker and interpreted by a listener.

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3. Abstract to Contextual Meaning

• Abstract– Existing as an idea,

feeling or quality, not as a material object.

• Contextual– Related to the

context of something.

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In the Context1. Sense2. Reference3. Structural Ambiguity 4. Interaction Sense,

Reference and Structural Ambiguity

5. Ambiguity and Intentionality

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4. UTTERANCE AND FORCE MEANING

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“She wasn’t came…”

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Utterance Versus Force Meaning

–Utterance Meaning• The first level of speaking meaning.• A sentence context pairing.

– Force Meaning• The speaker communicative intention.

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Utterance Meaning

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QUESTIONS?

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REFERENCESTHOMAS, J. (1995). MEANING IN INTERACTION: AN INTRODUCTION TO PRAGMATICS. LONDON: LONGMANYULE, G. (1996). PRAGMATICS. OXFORD: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS.

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Online Resources

• MONASH University, Linguistics Program http://arts.monash.edu.au/linguistics/ • Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pragmatics/ • <Emeritus Professor Keith Allan>

http://arts.monash.edu.au/linguistics/staff/kallan.php

Other Resources• http://www.textetc.com/theory/linguistics.html• http://www.gxnu.edu.cn/Personal/szliu/definition.html

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