Deixis UNIT 3 (más)

Deixis UNIT 3 Madalina Pirea (menos)

DefinitiON In linguistics, deixis refers to the phenomenon wherein understanding the meaning of (más)

DefinitiON In linguistics, deixis refers to the phenomenon wherein understanding the meaning of certain words and phrases in an utterance requires contextual information. Examples: I, you, now, there, tenses etc… (menos)

TYPES OF DEIXIS Person deixis pronouns, possessive affixes of nouns, agreement affixes of (más)

TYPES OF DEIXIS Person deixis pronouns, possessive affixes of nouns, agreement affixes of verbs Place deixis this way, that , here, there Time deixis temporal adverbs: now, then, yesterday and distinctions in tense Social deixis the distinction between familiar and polite second person pronouns (menos)

NON-DEICTIC USAGE A non-deictic expression is an expression for which you don't need context to (más)

NON-DEICTIC USAGE A non-deictic expression is an expression for which you don't need context to understand it since it doesn't refer to anything in particular. Example: “You have to be 21 to be allowed to buy a gun.” - it refers to whoever is reading the sign. It could also be replaced with “one has to...”. (menos)

Conclusion The function of a deictic element is specifying its referent in a given context. (más)

Conclusion The function of a deictic element is specifying its referent in a given context. Deixis is not used for everyone in the same way How are we doing today?” instead of “How are you doing today?” just to be more empathetic. (menos)

EXAMPLE OF DEIXIS He’ll be here soon He – person deixis Here – place deixis (más)

EXAMPLE OF DEIXIS He’ll be here soon He – person deixis Here – place deixis Soon – time deixis (menos)

Deixis UNIT 3 (más)

Deixis UNIT 3 Madalina Pirea (menos)

DefinitiON In linguistics, deixis refers to the phenomenon wherein understanding the meaning of (más)

DefinitiON In linguistics, deixis refers to the phenomenon wherein understanding the meaning of certain words and phrases in an utterance requires contextual information. Examples: I, you, now, there, tenses etc… (menos)

TYPES OF DEIXIS Person deixis pronouns, possessive affixes of nouns, agreement affixes of (más)

TYPES OF DEIXIS Person deixis pronouns, possessive affixes of nouns, agreement affixes of verbs Place deixis this way, that , here, there Time deixis temporal adverbs: now, then, yesterday and distinctions in tense Social deixis the distinction between familiar and polite second person pronouns (menos)

NON-DEICTIC USAGE A non-deictic expression is an expression for which you don't need context to (más)

NON-DEICTIC USAGE A non-deictic expression is an expression for which you don't need context to understand it since it doesn't refer to anything in particular. Example: “You have to be 21 to be allowed to buy a gun.” - it refers to whoever is reading the sign. It could also be replaced with “one has to...”. (menos)

Conclusion The function of a deictic element is specifying its referent in a given context. (más)

Conclusion The function of a deictic element is specifying its referent in a given context. Deixis is not used for everyone in the same way How are we doing today?” instead of “How are you doing today?” just to be more empathetic. (menos)

EXAMPLE OF DEIXIS He’ll be here soon He – person deixis Here – place deixis (más)

EXAMPLE OF DEIXIS He’ll be here soon He – person deixis Here – place deixis Soon – time deixis (menos)

INDEX What is a speech event? Components of speech events Speech event structure Norms of (más)

INDEX What is a speech event? Components of speech events Speech event structure Norms of interaction Norms of interpretation (menos)

WHAT IS A SPEECH EVENT? A speech event is a specific kind of speech that follows a standard (más)

WHAT IS A SPEECH EVENT? A speech event is a specific kind of speech that follows a standard format There can be several kind of speech events Speech events have 8 components that can be remembered with the acronym SPEAKING (menos)

COMPONENTS OF SPEECH EVENTS There are 8 components: Setting: Time and Place Participants: People (más)

COMPONENTS OF SPEECH EVENTS There are 8 components: Setting: Time and Place Participants: People in the speech event Ends: What speakers expect from the speech event Acts: Communicative output of the interaction Key: Attitude of the participants towards the speech Instruments: Channel and language variety used Norms: Prescriptive features and regularities of behaviour Genre: Culturally recognized pattern of meanings (menos)

SPEECH EVENT STRUCTURE Opening (greetings, polite remarks, etc) Message (topic and (más)

SPEECH EVENT STRUCTURE Opening (greetings, polite remarks, etc) Message (topic and subtopics) Closing (polite remarks and farewells) (menos)

NORMS OF INTERACTION Norms of interaction create certain expectations among the members of a (más)

NORMS OF INTERACTION Norms of interaction create certain expectations among the members of a social group about when and how speech should be used. Example: Do not speak when someone else is speaking. (menos)

NORMS OF INTERPRETATION Norms of interpretation: It is the knowledge that allows us to interpret (más)

NORMS OF INTERPRETATION Norms of interpretation: It is the knowledge that allows us to interpret and understand a communicate action carried out by another member of our language community. Norms of interpretation are related to the system of values of a community, for instance, overlapping in a conversation can be taken as a disrespect in one community, or as a sign of involvement in another culture. (menos)

‘Face’ Positive face Negative face System of strategies: Face-threatening act Face-saving act (más)

‘Face’ Positive face Negative face System of strategies: Face-threatening act Face-saving act Social and psychological bases (menos)

Polite linguistic behaviour ? verbal outcome of strategies. Politeness ? depends on the person, (más)

Polite linguistic behaviour ? verbal outcome of strategies. Politeness ? depends on the person, the situation, and your culture. Conclusion (menos)