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BA‐Basismodul: Introduction to Linguistics – Basic Questions, Concepts
and Methods (Mi 10‐12; R. 209)
Florian Haas
Tel.: 838‐72314
flohaas@zedat.fu-berlin.de
Handout 10: Pragmatics I
1. Introduction
IN CONTRAST TO SEMANTICS, WHICH IS ABOUT WORD MEANING AND SENTENCE MEANING,
PRAGMATICS DEALS WITH UTTERANCE MEANING (GERMAN ‘ÄUßERUNGSBEDEUTUNG’).
(1) A: “Don’t you think that Bill is a pain in the neck?” (said on a party)
B: “I like your tie.”
Sentence meaning: ‘The speaker communicates that the addressee’s tie meets his
taste.’
Utterance meaning: ‘Shut up, Bill is standing behind you.’
(2) “John Smith is a friendly student who is always well dressed. He has never come late
and offered me a cigarette on various occasions.“ (letter of reference addressed to
DAAD)
Utterance meaning: ‘J. Smith’s professional skills are very poor and I do not consider
him a suitable candidate for your exchange programme.’
Semantics Pragmatics
context-invariant, speaker-independent
meaning
context-sensitive, speaker-dependent
meaning
meaning potential concrete meaning in a given context
What does X mean? (conventional meaning,
what is said)
What does the speaker mean by uttering X?
(non-conventional meaning, what is meant)
Principles for describing meaning, meaning
relations and meaning combinations
Principles for bridging the gap between what
is said and what is meant
Table 1: Pragmatics as complementing semantics (after Kortmann: 225)
linguistic (‘cotext’)
context
non-linguistic (‘context’ in the narrow sense)
2. Deixis
• Words, as opposed to entire utterances (cf. (1)-(2)) can also be context-dependent
(3) Note attached to my office door: I will be here in 10 minutes.
time (temporal deixis): Yesterday I went to the movies.
place (local deixis): Peter is here.
person (person deixis): You are my best friend.
• origo = the centre of orientation (the speaker and the time and place of utterance)
- the origo may be shifted: When you read these lines, I’ll already be gone.
• cross-linguistic differences:
(4) Ich komme morgen zu dir nach Hause.
(5) *Voy a venir a tu casa mañana.
(6) *Please give me this apple over there! (OK: that apple)
(7) Geben Sie mir bitte diesen Apfel dahinten!
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Further ‘non-central’ deictic dimensions: social, discourse, manner and degree deixis
Exercise 1: Give one example of each of these four types (from English or any other
language).
• deictic expressions must be distinguished from anaphora (the use of ‚pro-forms’ to
refer to an entity that has already been introduced in the text/conversation)
3. Speech acts
• Based on the assumption that language use is not normally limited to exchanging
information, speech act theory (Austin 1962, Searle 1969) tries to classify the different
functions that utterances can have in a communicative context.
3.1 Components of speech acts
(ι) The form and (context-independent) meaning of the relevant sentence: locution.
(ιι) The function of an utterance (or: the speaker’s communicative intention) in a given
situation: illocution (the most important aspect of speech acts).
(ιιι) The intended or actual effects of a locutionary act: perlocution.
3.2 Types of speech acts
Assertives: Madrid is the capital of Spain. (Sp represents a state of affairs. Assertives
commit speakers to the truth of the proposition)
Commissives: I promise to marry your sister! (Sp commits him-/herself to the
performance of an action)
Directives: Please close the door! (an attempt by Sp[eaker] to get H[earer] to do sth.)
Expressives: Thank you for the nice present! (Sp expresses a psychological state about
the situation or state of affairs denoted by the proposition)
Declaratives: I hereby pronounce you man and wife. (Sp brings about a change in the
world by uttering a sentence. Declaratives must be tied to an institutional context in
order for the speech act to be effective)
• illocutionary acts are defined in terms of felicity conditions
- propositional content: e.g. you cannot promise sth. which has already happened
- preparatory condition: e.g. you cannot promise sth. which the hearer does not want
- sincerity condition: e.g. you cannot promise sth. which you cannot put into practice
- essential condition (‘illocutionary point’): constitutes the speech act, e.g. the
essential condition of a commisive is to commit the speaker to performing the
action described in the propositional content.
3.3 Indirect speech acts
An explicit speech act functions as a (different) implicit speech act:
(21) There is a draught here. (direct = assertive, indirect= request)
(22) Could you pass me the pepper? (direct = question, illocution = request)
Indirect speech acts are standardized to different degrees:
(23) There’s a coffee machine around the corner. Do you happen to pass by?
(24) Could you tell me the time?
(25) Could you tell me the time, please!
Reading for Pragmatics II: Kortmann 235-247; Cruse 363-373
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  • 1. BA‐Basismodul: Introduction to Linguistics – Basic Questions, Concepts and Methods (Mi 10‐12; R. 209) Florian Haas Tel.: 838‐72314 flohaas@zedat.fu-berlin.de Handout 10: Pragmatics I 1. Introduction IN CONTRAST TO SEMANTICS, WHICH IS ABOUT WORD MEANING AND SENTENCE MEANING, PRAGMATICS DEALS WITH UTTERANCE MEANING (GERMAN ‘ÄUßERUNGSBEDEUTUNG’). (1) A: “Don’t you think that Bill is a pain in the neck?” (said on a party) B: “I like your tie.” Sentence meaning: ‘The speaker communicates that the addressee’s tie meets his taste.’ Utterance meaning: ‘Shut up, Bill is standing behind you.’ (2) “John Smith is a friendly student who is always well dressed. He has never come late and offered me a cigarette on various occasions.“ (letter of reference addressed to DAAD) Utterance meaning: ‘J. Smith’s professional skills are very poor and I do not consider him a suitable candidate for your exchange programme.’ Semantics Pragmatics context-invariant, speaker-independent meaning context-sensitive, speaker-dependent meaning meaning potential concrete meaning in a given context What does X mean? (conventional meaning, what is said) What does the speaker mean by uttering X? (non-conventional meaning, what is meant) Principles for describing meaning, meaning relations and meaning combinations Principles for bridging the gap between what is said and what is meant Table 1: Pragmatics as complementing semantics (after Kortmann: 225) linguistic (‘cotext’) context non-linguistic (‘context’ in the narrow sense) 2. Deixis • Words, as opposed to entire utterances (cf. (1)-(2)) can also be context-dependent (3) Note attached to my office door: I will be here in 10 minutes. time (temporal deixis): Yesterday I went to the movies. place (local deixis): Peter is here. person (person deixis): You are my best friend. • origo = the centre of orientation (the speaker and the time and place of utterance) - the origo may be shifted: When you read these lines, I’ll already be gone. • cross-linguistic differences: (4) Ich komme morgen zu dir nach Hause. (5) *Voy a venir a tu casa mañana. (6) *Please give me this apple over there! (OK: that apple) (7) Geben Sie mir bitte diesen Apfel dahinten! 1
  • 2. Further ‘non-central’ deictic dimensions: social, discourse, manner and degree deixis Exercise 1: Give one example of each of these four types (from English or any other language). • deictic expressions must be distinguished from anaphora (the use of ‚pro-forms’ to refer to an entity that has already been introduced in the text/conversation) 3. Speech acts • Based on the assumption that language use is not normally limited to exchanging information, speech act theory (Austin 1962, Searle 1969) tries to classify the different functions that utterances can have in a communicative context. 3.1 Components of speech acts (ι) The form and (context-independent) meaning of the relevant sentence: locution. (ιι) The function of an utterance (or: the speaker’s communicative intention) in a given situation: illocution (the most important aspect of speech acts). (ιιι) The intended or actual effects of a locutionary act: perlocution. 3.2 Types of speech acts Assertives: Madrid is the capital of Spain. (Sp represents a state of affairs. Assertives commit speakers to the truth of the proposition) Commissives: I promise to marry your sister! (Sp commits him-/herself to the performance of an action) Directives: Please close the door! (an attempt by Sp[eaker] to get H[earer] to do sth.) Expressives: Thank you for the nice present! (Sp expresses a psychological state about the situation or state of affairs denoted by the proposition) Declaratives: I hereby pronounce you man and wife. (Sp brings about a change in the world by uttering a sentence. Declaratives must be tied to an institutional context in order for the speech act to be effective) • illocutionary acts are defined in terms of felicity conditions - propositional content: e.g. you cannot promise sth. which has already happened - preparatory condition: e.g. you cannot promise sth. which the hearer does not want - sincerity condition: e.g. you cannot promise sth. which you cannot put into practice - essential condition (‘illocutionary point’): constitutes the speech act, e.g. the essential condition of a commisive is to commit the speaker to performing the action described in the propositional content. 3.3 Indirect speech acts An explicit speech act functions as a (different) implicit speech act: (21) There is a draught here. (direct = assertive, indirect= request) (22) Could you pass me the pepper? (direct = question, illocution = request) Indirect speech acts are standardized to different degrees: (23) There’s a coffee machine around the corner. Do you happen to pass by? (24) Could you tell me the time? (25) Could you tell me the time, please! Reading for Pragmatics II: Kortmann 235-247; Cruse 363-373 2