Unit 1: Pragmatic awareness Laura Reig Carrera Description and use of English 2nd Grade English (més)

Unit 1: Pragmatic awareness Laura Reig Carrera Description and use of English 2nd Grade English Studies (menys)

1. Definition of pragmatics Pragmatics: Studies the use of language in certain contexts. Main (més)

1. Definition of pragmatics Pragmatics: Studies the use of language in certain contexts. Main goal: find out the relationship between structure and context. Easy and difficult at the same time (menys)

Relationship with other linguistic sciences Pragmatics is one of the sciences that studies (més)

Relationship with other linguistic sciences Pragmatics is one of the sciences that studies language Difference: (menys)

Four Angles of Investigation When analyzing a pragmatic phenomenon: 1.Context and linguistic (més)

Four Angles of Investigation When analyzing a pragmatic phenomenon: 1.Context and linguistic choices 2.Manipulation 3. Processes, strategies and principles 4. Mental work (menys)

Knowing the language vs Knowing about the language Knowing the language ? Being able to speak a (més)

Knowing the language vs Knowing about the language Knowing the language ? Being able to speak a language Knwoing about the language ? Being aware of the structures of that language and how it works. (menys)

Language awareness Students know the importance of language in life Ability to notice some (més)

Language awareness Students know the importance of language in life Ability to notice some language phenomenons by paying attention to them (menys)

Consciousness Is it useful to learn a language through its formal aspects? 4 alternative (més)

Consciousness Is it useful to learn a language through its formal aspects? 4 alternative steps: 1- Intention 2- Paying attention 3- Acquiring the knowledge 4- Control Consciousness and awareness (menys)

Awareness in Language Learning Different learning methods Awareness appears in some of (més)

Awareness in Language Learning Different learning methods Awareness appears in some of them Learning a foreign language: Metacognitions ? Insights ? Intuitions ? Text Learning the first language: Text ? Intuitions ? Insights ? Metacognitions (menys)

Unit 1: Pragmatic awareness Laura Reig Carrera Description and use of English 2nd Grade English (més)

Unit 1: Pragmatic awareness Laura Reig Carrera Description and use of English 2nd Grade English Studies (menys)

What is pragmatics? It has got more than one definition Pragmatics is the study of the speakers (més)

What is pragmatics? It has got more than one definition Pragmatics is the study of the speakers meaning taking into account the context. How we understand things even when they are not actually said or written. (menys)

1st: what the people say affect the social atmosphere? The context can be altered, not only the (més)

1st: what the people say affect the social atmosphere? The context can be altered, not only the language. 2nd: which aspects of the lexicon or grammar can modify the context? 3rd: which processes, strategies and principles can change the context? 4th: ideas, assumptions and prejudices that we have. How we perceive things. Four angles of investigation (menys)

It is the explicit knowledge about language and conscious perception and sensitivity in language (més)

It is the explicit knowledge about language and conscious perception and sensitivity in language learning, language teaching and language use We can divide it in two different terms: Subsidiary awareness: what do we see. Focal awareness: what do we pay attention to. Language awareness (menys)

It refers to: Knowing the language: ability to use the language as a native speaker. Knowing (més)

It refers to: Knowing the language: ability to use the language as a native speaker. Knowing about the language: understand how language works. Both concepts are important, but maybe, in a long-term goal, we would prefer to know the language. The concept of KAL (menys)

Index Brief definition of the word politeness Polite behaviour Deferential (més)

Index Brief definition of the word politeness Polite behaviour Deferential behaviour Face Positive and negative politeness Conclusions (menys)

Polite behaviour Verbal and non-verbal actions What we say and what we do is the result of our (més)

Polite behaviour Verbal and non-verbal actions What we say and what we do is the result of our polite behaviour. (menys)

Deferential behaviour Thomas Show respect to someone who has a higher social status When we are (més)

Deferential behaviour Thomas Show respect to someone who has a higher social status When we are in specific social situation we have to use specific forms of language (menys)

Deferential behaviour Yule First type: Respect or deference, to someone we don’t know Second (més)

Deferential behaviour Yule First type: Respect or deference, to someone we don’t know Second Type: friendliness, to someone we know (menys)

Face Positive face: wanting to be accepted by others. Negative face: not caring to be accepted to (més)

Face Positive face: wanting to be accepted by others. Negative face: not caring to be accepted to achieve certain goals. Face treating act and face saving act (menys)

Positive and Negative Politeness Positive politeness is related to positive face Negative (més)

Positive and Negative Politeness Positive politeness is related to positive face Negative politeness is related to negative face (menys)

Speech acts vs. Communicative function Speech acts: Utterances produced by a speaker Communicative (més)

Speech acts vs. Communicative function Speech acts: Utterances produced by a speaker Communicative function: Intention that the speaker gives to the words (menys)

‘You will not go out tonight’ Speech act ? it makes reference to the statement Communicative (més)

‘You will not go out tonight’ Speech act ? it makes reference to the statement Communicative function ? it makes reference to the intention Speech acts vs. Communicative function (menys)

Force or communicative intent ? communication develops successfully Speaker and hearer must (més)

Force or communicative intent ? communication develops successfully Speaker and hearer must understand the message in the same way Succeeding in communication (menys)

Locutionary act: expressing the words in a particular sense Illocutionary act: intention of the (més)

Locutionary act: expressing the words in a particular sense Illocutionary act: intention of the speaker’s words Perlocutionary act: the effect that cause the words 3 types of acts (menys)

‘I am going to visit Australia within one month’ Locutionary act: structure of the (més)

‘I am going to visit Australia within one month’ Locutionary act: structure of the statement Illocutionary act: intention of the words Perlocutionary act: final interpretation 3 types of acts (menys)

Utterance whose aim is different from the literal one ‘Would you like taste my vegetables’ (més)

Utterance whose aim is different from the literal one ‘Would you like taste my vegetables’ mother?’ Indirectness ‘I’m sorry but I’ve got stomach ache’ ‘I’m sorry but I don’t like your mother’s vegetables’ (menys)

Declarative: the speaker changes the world by being uttered Representative: the speaker believes (més)

Declarative: the speaker changes the world by being uttered Representative: the speaker believes about the world Expressive: the speaker reveals the feelings Directives: the speaker wants others to do something Comissives: the action will take place in the future 5 types of speech acts (menys)