What is a speech event It must have that features: socially / culturally recognized communicative (más)

What is a speech event It must have that features: socially / culturally recognized communicative activity - Language interaction - a goal - Norms of Behavior - Predictable Pattern Opening and ending (menos)

S-P-E-A-K-I-N-G Setting: Place, Time and personal outline Participants. Ends: Must have a (más)

S-P-E-A-K-I-N-G Setting: Place, Time and personal outline Participants. Ends: Must have a goal Acts: Verbal and non verbal Key: State of mind Instrument: Channel and variety Norms: Behaviour and interpretation Genre: Gossip, Chat, Prayer (menos)

Speaking Template Opening Greeting Remarks Small talk Message Topic Subtopic Ending Winding (más)

Speaking Template Opening Greeting Remarks Small talk Message Topic Subtopic Ending Winding up Polte remarks Farewell (menos)

Topic Management To change form one topic to another Many operations to change it Many other (más)

Topic Management To change form one topic to another Many operations to change it Many other resources to manage (menos)

Norms of interaction and interpretation Norms of interaction: Referred to the behavior Norms (más)

Norms of interaction and interpretation Norms of interaction: Referred to the behavior Norms of interpretation: According to the culture and the speakers. (menos)

index Concept of speech act Form vs. communicative function Locutionary, illocutionary and (más)

index Concept of speech act Form vs. communicative function Locutionary, illocutionary and perlocutionary acts Indirectness An example An explanation of the example (menos)

Form vs. communicative function Form function: Structural propierties Communicative (más)

Form vs. communicative function Form function: Structural propierties Communicative function: Involves the force (menos)

Locutionary, illocutionary and perlocutionary acts Each utterance has these three kinds of acts (más)

Locutionary, illocutionary and perlocutionary acts Each utterance has these three kinds of acts performing simultaneously. Locutionary act: the action of uttering the words with a specific sense. Illocutionary act: the intention or the force with which the speaker uttered the words. Perlocutionary act: the effects/ interpretation on the hearer of the words uttered. (menos)

Indirectness Direct speech act: Structure = Function Interpretation based on the literal meaning (más)

Indirectness Direct speech act: Structure = Function Interpretation based on the literal meaning Indirect speech act: Structure /Function Need the context to understand the hidden meaning (menos)

An example of speech act 1. A: I don’t remember the last film I saw at cinema… 2. B: What kind (más)

An example of speech act 1. A: I don’t remember the last film I saw at cinema… 2. B: What kind of films are doing now at the cinema? 3. A: I don’t know, could approach to the cinema and see it. 4. B: Ok, if you want we can do it the next weekend. (menos)

An explanation of the example This example is a speech act; two friends are talking about future (más)

An explanation of the example This example is a speech act; two friends are talking about future plans. Locutionary act: All of the four utterances that appear in the 4 lines are utterances with specific sense. Illocutionary act: speaker A express desire, wish (line 1). Perlocutionary act: speaker B understand the implicit meaning of the utterance(line 2). In the first line: indirectness. (menos)

What is Deixis? Deixis is a kind of exhopora which involves references to something (más)

What is Deixis? Deixis is a kind of exhopora which involves references to something extralinguistic Deixis -> Context (menos)

Cataphora Example: A few years later they won. The Celtics became the champions. They-> (más)

Cataphora Example: A few years later they won. The Celtics became the champions. They-> Cataphoric (menos)

Deixis Typology Focusing on the usage of the deixis -Gestural Deixis (involves body (más)

Deixis Typology Focusing on the usage of the deixis -Gestural Deixis (involves body language) -Symbolic Deixis (interpretation of elements in specific place and time) (menos)

Deixis Typology Focusing on the referent -Personal Deixis (Uses personal pronouns) -Place Deixis (más)

Deixis Typology Focusing on the referent -Personal Deixis (Uses personal pronouns) -Place Deixis (Locations) -Time Deixis (Time involved in the utterance) (menos)

Index Notions and concepts Politeness, Deference and Register Bases of politeness Politeness (más)

Index Notions and concepts Politeness, Deference and Register Bases of politeness Politeness strategies Negative politeness Positive politeness Conclusions (menos)

1.a. politeness, deference, register Polite behaviour - avoid offence and basically respect the (más)

1.a. politeness, deference, register Polite behaviour - avoid offence and basically respect the other people we come in contact with. Linguistic politeness is not limited to verbal behaviour. It incorporates the verbal and non-verbal aspects of the language use that help us establish and maintain social relations. “Etiquette” (menos)

Deference the respect we show to a person who is socially distant and has a higher status. (más)

Deference the respect we show to a person who is socially distant and has a higher status. Politeness is not influenced by the social status. Deferential linguistic behaviour is stricter and usually associated with specific social scenarios. It requires the use of specific forms of language (“Madam”, “would like to” etc.) One can be polite without being deferential (using those particular expressions) and vice versa. 1.a. politeness, deference, register (menos)

Deference: politeness behaviour addressed to a socially distant person politeness behaviour (más)

Deference: politeness behaviour addressed to a socially distant person politeness behaviour addressed to a socially close interlocutor respect or deference friendliness, camaraderie or solidarity 1.a. politeness, deference, register (menos)

Register social imposition to use language according to a particular social situation. E.g. (más)

Register social imposition to use language according to a particular social situation. E.g. the language and register used in court trial Politeness ?the freedom of the speaker to use certain forms. 1.a. politeness, deference, register (menos)

POLITE VERBAL BEHAVIOUR The sum of a series of verbal/non-verbal strategies that a speaker adopts (más)

POLITE VERBAL BEHAVIOUR The sum of a series of verbal/non-verbal strategies that a speaker adopts in order to establish and maintain harmonious relations with others. Act politely or impolitely: choose between individual goals and social harmony 1.a. politeness, deference, register (menos)

1.b. bases of politeness Psychological and social bases The role of politeness in social (más)

1.b. bases of politeness Psychological and social bases The role of politeness in social life Respected public image We must know the expectations of our interlocutor. “face” a pattern of verbal and non-verbal acts by which a person adopts a certain position towards a social situation and its participants. Successful decision ? respected social member of the society (menos)

1.b. bases of politeness Positive face the desire to be liked, respected and accepted by the (más)

1.b. bases of politeness Positive face the desire to be liked, respected and accepted by the other people sacrifice your individual goals and respect the other’s threatens your own negative face Negative face: the desire to be independent, defy imposition in order to fulfil one’s individual goals. satisfy your wishes by imposing your preferences threatens the other person’s negative face (menos)

1.b. bases of politeness “common sense”: reciprocity in the protection of each other’s faces by (más)

1.b. bases of politeness “common sense”: reciprocity in the protection of each other’s faces by yielding to the other’s wish? social relation based on reciprocity E.g. “Two friends who have to decide which movie to pick at the cinema. ” (menos)

1.b. bases of politeness “conversational contract” All types of everyday life of encounters of (más)

1.b. bases of politeness “conversational contract” All types of everyday life of encounters of social members are associated with particular conversational contracts Contract – consists of rights and obligations that participants adopt. E.g. “a meeting between the boss and the worker” (the worker knows how to behave in front of his boss, because his boss has the power and he is clearly in inferiority) (menos)

strategies that speakers use in order to diminish/ avoid a face-threat act of the other. (más)

strategies that speakers use in order to diminish/ avoid a face-threat act of the other. face-threatening acts – saying/doing something that is contrary to the interlocutor’s expectations face-saving acts – saying/doing something to distinguish the addressee’s face To evaluate the degree of face-threat one must take into account three variables: the social distance the power the imposition (the cost) 1.b. bases of politeness (menos)

2.a. negative politeness SUBSTRATEGIES these strategies are used to save the other’s negative (más)

2.a. negative politeness SUBSTRATEGIES these strategies are used to save the other’s negative face (menos)

2.b. positive politeness these strategies are used to reinforce the other’s positive face (más)

2.b. positive politeness these strategies are used to reinforce the other’s positive face SUBSTRATEGIES (menos)

Polite linguistic behaviour is the sum of a series of verbal and non-verbal strategies that a (más)

Polite linguistic behaviour is the sum of a series of verbal and non-verbal strategies that a speaker adopts in order to establish and maintain harmonious relations with the other members of our society. Sometimes pertaining to a group may be more important than our individualistic goals. The concept of politeness varies according to the society we live in. 3. CONCLUSIONS (menos)