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- 1. SEMANTICS AND PRAGMATICS Making a Real Connection Ethan Graves Blue 3 Spring 2012
- 2. DEFINITIONS • Semantics – The linguistic study into the meaning of words. • Pragmatics – The linguistic study into the context of language. • Linguistic modes- Tools linguists use to study language.
- 3. SEMANTICS • Gives the meaning of the words • Looks at the root meaning • Goes beyond the dictionary definition. • Lexicons are used
- 4. SEMANTICS • What is a lexicon? • A lexicon is the most basic form of a word from which all the other versions come. • Examples • Ring • Other forms • Rang, Rung, Ringing
- 5. SEMANTICS • Hadley’s shoe example: • Hadley’s shoe is blue and orange.
- 6. PRAGMATICS • Provides context to conversation • Helps people read in between the lines • Uses direct and indirect speech acts • Takes social and cultural values/understood meanings into account.
- 7. PRAGMATICS • Direct Speech Acts • Definition- A direct statement without hidden meaning. • Types • Declarative • Interrogative • Imperative
- 8. PRAGMATICS • Book Example • “Pick up the books.”
- 9. PRAGMATICS • Indirect Speech Acts • Definition- Direct statement which can have a hidden meaning.
- 10. PRAGMATICS • Kevin’s Job Example • “Sam, have you finished the payroll yet?”
- 11. PRAGMATICS IN SOCIETY • Sandwich Example • “Woman, go make me a sandwich!”
- 12. SYNTHESIS • Most of the time both linguistic modes are necessary to fully understand conversation. • They work hand in hand.
- 13. SYNTHESIS • Jamie Example • “Jamie I have told you ten thousand times to pick up your room. Do not make me tell you again!” “Yes sir, I am coming to clean right now.”
- 14. CONCLUSION • Semantics and Pragmatics are great linguistic modes. • Without them people could not properly understand conversation. • To quote Mrs. Harris, “Its not what one says, its how one says it.”
- 15. GOVERNING BODIES TO CONSULT • Modern Language Association • National Science Foundation • Purdue Writing Lab • University of Pennsylvania Department of Linguistics