What is Deixis? A part of pragmatic study of language the context determines pragmatics (more)

What is Deixis? A part of pragmatic study of language the context determines pragmatics meanings Words do not mean anything in themselves It depends on the context in which the utterance produced (less)

Deictics Deictic words are language features that refer to: who, where and when of language used (more)

Deictics Deictic words are language features that refer to: who, where and when of language used to describe the speaker’s in space and time require contextual information to convey meaning (less)

Deictic form A series of linguistic particles, such as personal pronouns, possessives, (more)

Deictic form A series of linguistic particles, such as personal pronouns, possessives, demonstratives and locative adverbs are classified as deictics can also be used non-deictically Deictic Use vs. Non-deictic Use (less)

Deictic use Deictics are semantically deficient The act of reference is accompanied by physical (more)

Deictic use Deictics are semantically deficient The act of reference is accompanied by physical actions of pointing --> the gestural usage The interpretation we need to be familiar only with the general spatial and temporal circumstances --> the symbolic usage (less)

non-deictic use Being present when the sentence was uttered cannot help to identify a (more)

non-deictic use Being present when the sentence was uttered cannot help to identify a referent Generalized use An antecedent --> the anaphoric usage (less)

Person Deixis involves personal pronouns, possessives used to refer participants with their role (more)

Person Deixis involves personal pronouns, possessives used to refer participants with their role in the verbal construction of the speech event distinguish 1st person (speaker); 2nd person (addressee);3rd person (less)

we --> addressee-inclusive/ addressee-exclusive usage eg. Mary, do we need to cook now? (more)

we --> addressee-inclusive/ addressee-exclusive usage eg. Mary, do we need to cook now? (inclusive) eg. Do we need to cook for you, Mary? (exclusive) we --> used as an empathy to the addressee eg. How are we going to do today, Dr. Mattin? you -->ambiguity, may refer to one or more addressee resort expressions - you guys, you all, yous (less)

Place deixis the demonstratives - this, that, these, those the adverbs - here, there verbs (more)

Place deixis the demonstratives - this, that, these, those the adverbs - here, there verbs referring to movement - bring, take, come, go the words may need a monitoring of the context in which the utterance was said help to identify the locative referent involved in the verb (less)

Time deixis adverbs - now, then, ago, later, afterwards, yesterday, today, tomorrow adjectives - (more)

Time deixis adverbs - now, then, ago, later, afterwards, yesterday, today, tomorrow adjectives - last, next the choice of verbal tense (based on the time in which the utterance is produced) the demonstratives (eg. She will go to visit you this Friday) (less)

Deictic centre a deictic expression ‘anchored’ to -> lead to the relevant point deictic expression (more)

Deictic centre a deictic expression ‘anchored’ to -> lead to the relevant point deictic expression are egocentric the centre is consisted of the speaker at the time and place of the utterance the deictic centre is transferable --> dynamic context (less)

example He is standing here now. The deictic centre is apparently the person at the time and place (more)

example He is standing here now. The deictic centre is apparently the person at the time and place of speaking. If there are two people are talking on the phone long-distance, from Lleida to Hong Kong. The person in Lleida can say: We are going to Hong Kong two weeks later. In this case the deictic center is in Lleida. But if they say: We are coming to Hong Kong two weeks later. In this case the deictic centre is in Hong Kong. (less)

example If in the case of telling a story about someone, the deictic centre tends to switch to (more)

example If in the case of telling a story about someone, the deictic centre tends to switch to them, such as: She then turned to the right. In this case the deictic centre is the person being spoken about of, and therefore ‘to the right’ refers not to the speaker’s right, but to the person of the story’s right. (less)

Course Project:Unit 5 :Speech Event Describing and Using English Student: Law Wing (more)

Course Project:Unit 5 :Speech Event Describing and Using English Student: Law Wing Chi Instructor: Prof. Josep Maria Cots Deadline: 19/12/2011 English Studies University of Lleida (less)

Definition of Speech Event an activity which participants interact through language to achieve (more)

Definition of Speech Event an activity which participants interact through language to achieve some goal E.g. story-telling, buying- selling (less)

Components of Speech Event “SPEAKING” S- Setting- physical environment psychological state of (more)

Components of Speech Event “SPEAKING” S- Setting- physical environment psychological state of the participants cultural connotation of the physical environment P-Participants & their relationship E-Ends-goals A-Act sequence- Communicative output of the interaction (speech acts, topics, forms) (less)

Components of Speech Event “SPEAKING” K-Key social attitude of participants approach the (more)

Components of Speech Event “SPEAKING” K-Key social attitude of participants approach the interaction I-Instrument channel, language variety N-Norms interaction G-Genre –textual structures (less)

Norms of interaction Expectations which are underlying instructions and regularities in mind of (more)

Norms of interaction Expectations which are underlying instructions and regularities in mind of the members of the social group. E.g. prescriptions, aphorisms or laws (less)

Norms of interpretation social and cultural knowledge linking with specific communicative (more)

Norms of interpretation social and cultural knowledge linking with specific communicative actions. E.g. Hong Kong: USB is called as “Finger” (less)

Template of a speech event consists of a succession of units with a recognizable combination of (more)

Template of a speech event consists of a succession of units with a recognizable combination of topic or communicative function. “action units” (less)

Topic management introduction of initial topics at the beginning or a conversation after the (more)

Topic management introduction of initial topics at the beginning or a conversation after the opening exchanges closing a topic in order to open a new one or to start the closing section of the conversation changing to a related topic or to a different one digressing or opening a parenthesis in a topic ending the digression and resuming the old topic. (less)

Topic management Between the topics words or phrases establishing a topical boundary between the (more)

Topic management Between the topics words or phrases establishing a topical boundary between the previous segment of discourse and the following one comments about the development of the communicative event speed with which speech is delivered the periods of silence or occupied by fillers. (less)

Pragmatics and Speech Acts Pragmatics:- how languages function in human being’s live- (more)

Pragmatics and Speech Acts Pragmatics:- how languages function in human being’s live- interactions and interpretations- the meaning often goes beyond the sentence Speech Acts- “Actions perform via utterances” (Yale, 2006)- performatives e.g “ask” “warn” “promise”- to express attitude (less)

Locutionay / Perpositional Speech Acts To make reference To describe something No specific (more)

Locutionay / Perpositional Speech Acts To make reference To describe something No specific intention (less)

Illocutionary Speech Acts To interact with others The speaker say it with intentions in order to (more)

Illocutionary Speech Acts To interact with others The speaker say it with intentions in order to gain response from the listener 5 types of illocutionary speech act (less)

Perlocutionary Speech Acts To have effects on the listeners To change the behaviour of the (more)

Perlocutionary Speech Acts To have effects on the listeners To change the behaviour of the listeners (less)

Direct and indirect speech acts Direct Speech ActsStructure = Function e.g (more)

Direct and indirect speech acts Direct Speech ActsStructure = Function e.g “Stop Talking!”structure: declarative function: command Indirect Speech ActsStructure ? Function e.g “You are disturbing your classmates.”structure: statement function: command (less)

INDEX · Explanation of the main concepts -Speech event -Components of a speech (more)

INDEX · Explanation of the main concepts -Speech event -Components of a speech event -Template(Script) of a speech event -Topic management -Norms of interaction and norms of interpretation · Conclusion (less)

Main concepts Set of utterances produced in a situation Circumstances and contexts where (more)

Main concepts Set of utterances produced in a situation Circumstances and contexts where interlocutors converse Entire process that speaker and hearer fully understand verbal production and interpret that properly according to the context. What is Speech event? (less)

Setting Participants Ends Acts Key Instruments Norms Genre Main concepts Components of a speech (more)

Setting Participants Ends Acts Key Instruments Norms Genre Main concepts Components of a speech event (less)

action units : units that imply topic or provide communication function template and script are (more)

action units : units that imply topic or provide communication function template and script are succession of action units that convey certain meaning in relation to the topic. Dialogic texts divided into three elements -opening, message, closing Main concepts Template of a speech event (less)

Topic is a particular subject that you discuss Several strategies deployed in conversations to (more)

Topic is a particular subject that you discuss Several strategies deployed in conversations to introduce topic, close topic, open a new topic, change to related topic, open a parenthesis in a topic are observed. Brief boundary tokens, meta-comments, variation in time and pauses are good methods. Main concepts Topic management (less)

Norms of interaction: rules to get idea of when and how speech should be used, rules that are (more)

Norms of interaction: rules to get idea of when and how speech should be used, rules that are internalized since early years by society Norms of interpretation: regulations of speech community and cultural background, related to the values of certain community Main concepts Norms of interaction & interpretation (less)

Conclusion . To be a good speaker we have to apply these forms of process when we speak. Also (more)

Conclusion . To be a good speaker we have to apply these forms of process when we speak. Also we have to manage the topic well I think that it is much easier to be a good speaker if you considered what we have learned. (less)