Anglistics Study Programme AL 1 Week 2 Anglistics

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Anglistics Study Programme AL 1 Week 2 Anglistics Study Programme www. singidunum. ac. rs/admission

Anglistics Study Programme AL 1 Week 2 Anglistics Study Programme www. singidunum. ac. rs/admission

Anglistics Study Programme Week 2 • Pragmatics & Discourse Analysis – relation to context

Anglistics Study Programme Week 2 • Pragmatics & Discourse Analysis – relation to context • Knowledge of the world, socio-cultural features, etc. • Common knowledge? • Discourse – the use of language • Text – pieces of wither spoken or written discourse • Meaningful – leads to coherence/relevance • Situational context • Background context • Co-textual context

Anglistics Study Programme Week 2 • Referring to context – referring expressions and referent

Anglistics Study Programme Week 2 • Referring to context – referring expressions and referent I saw Sarah. • I + Sarah – referring expressions; entity – referent • Examples of yours? • Deixis – pointing to the referent: personal, space, time We do not like chocolate (personal pronouns) That is correct (demonstrative adj. /pronouns) You looked tired then (time expressions)

Anglistics Study Programme Week 2 • Speech Acts (Austin & Searle) • Speech acts

Anglistics Study Programme Week 2 • Speech Acts (Austin & Searle) • Speech acts – deeds (said/done); “actions performed in saying something” • Three levels of analysis of the produced/uttered language material LOCUTION – uttered form; saying equals locutionary act ILLOCUTION – what speakers do with words (perception), illocutionary force PERLOCUTION – what is done by saying – perlocutionary act

Anglistics Study Programme Week 2 • Speech Acts (Austin & Searle) • Are speech

Anglistics Study Programme Week 2 • Speech Acts (Austin & Searle) • Are speech acts always successfully exchanged? • Felicity conditions context and roles must be recognised action to be carried out completely the existence of right intentions • Direct VS indirect communication • Direct VS Indirect Speech Acts

Anglistics Study Programme Week 2 • Turn the music down! • Do you have

Anglistics Study Programme Week 2 • Turn the music down! • Do you have one or two brothers? • I left the party. • Do not touch the glass! • DIRECT LINK BETWEEN FORM AND FUNCTION

Anglistics Study Programme Week 2 • Positive and negative face (Erving Goffman); facework •

Anglistics Study Programme Week 2 • Positive and negative face (Erving Goffman); facework • Face-threatening speech acts • Verbal • Paraverbal • Non-verbal

Anglistics Study Programme Week 2 • Positive face-threatening acts • Speaker – apology, confession,

Anglistics Study Programme Week 2 • Positive face-threatening acts • Speaker – apology, confession, accepting compliment… • Hearer – accusation, criticism, complaint… • Examples?

Anglistics Study Programme Week 2 • Negative face-threatening acts • Speaker – thanks, excuse…

Anglistics Study Programme Week 2 • Negative face-threatening acts • Speaker – thanks, excuse… • Hearer – order, request, warning… • Examples?

Anglistics Study Programme Week 2 • Social dimension • Cultural dimension • Power?

Anglistics Study Programme Week 2 • Social dimension • Cultural dimension • Power?

Anglistics Study Programme Week 2 • Adjacency pairs

Anglistics Study Programme Week 2 • Adjacency pairs

Anglistics Study Programme Week 2 Blum-Kulka et al. , 1989

Anglistics Study Programme Week 2 Blum-Kulka et al. , 1989