This document provides an introduction to pragmatics, presenting definitions and key concepts. It defines pragmatics as the study of language use in social contexts and how people understand meaning. It discusses deixis as context-dependent words requiring information about time, place, or people involved. Anaphora is introduced as expressions whose reference depends on a prior referent. Inference, presupposition, and speech acts are also briefly outlined.

1. PRAGMATIC
PRESENTED BY :
5TH GROUP
IDA SAADAH
WINDA WIDIANINGSIH
M. FAIZAL R
ENGLISH DEPT, TEACHER’S
TRAINING AND EDUCATION
FACULTY
MATHL A’UL ANWAR UNIVERSITY

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3. DEFINITION
 A branch of Linguistics concerned with the
use of language in social contexts and the
ways in which people produce and
comprehend meanings through language.
 Pragmatics is the study of the aspects of
meaning and language use that are
dependent on the speaker, the addressee and
other features of the context of utterance.
 It is about invisible meaning which people
use in their language.

4. DEIXIS
 In linguistics, deixis refers to the phenomenon
wherein understanding the meaning of certain words
and phrases in an utterance requires contextual
information.
 Words are deictic if their semantic meaning is fixed
but their denotational meaning varies depending on
time and/or place.
 Words or phrases that require contextual
information to convey any meaning .

5. Continued.....
The term deixis applies to the use of expressions in
which the meaning can be traced directly to features
of the act of utterance--when and where it takes
place, and who is involved as speaker and as
addressee.
Examples :
Several of the pronouns.
Four common adverbs in conversation refer to time
and place.

6. Examples of Deixis
Person ( I, You, Him, Her.. Etc )
Time ( Now, Tonight, Tomorrow,
Yesterday..etc )
Place ( Here, there… etc)
Deictic expression has to be interpreted to person, place or time which
has in their mind. Such as in this following sentence below :
Here we go!
There you go!
Free apple juice for tomorrow!

7. ANAPHORA
o A type of expression Examples :
whose reference depends
upon another referential I have a kitten in my house. The
element which has kitten is so cute and smart. It has
introduced before. white hair and green eyes.
o Consist of Antecedent (
First mention) and Explanation :
Anaphoric expression. A kitten ―› Antecedent (
first mention.
The Kitten and it―›
Anaphoric expression.

8. REFERENCE
 We can define reference as an act by speaker or writer to
make people to be able identify something by referring a
name of things to people.
 It is used by the speaker or the writer when they are not
sure what to call someone.
Ex : When you always see one girl passing your house
everyday and she always wearing high heel. In this case you
don’t know her name. What do you think to call her?
You might call her “Miss high heel”.
High heel is a name of thing and it used to refer someone
or people.

9. INFERENCE
Inference is the opposite of reference.
Ex :
Anne : Chloe, where do you keep your Merriam
Webster?
Chloe : I’m sorry, I can’t remember it.
 Merriam Webster is a name of person but it used to
refer a thing ( dictionary ).

10. Presuposition
 An implicit assumption about the world or
background belief relating to an utterance whose
truth is taken for granted in discourse.
 The truth of the utterance which people used in their
language.
Ex : She got D score in Listening comprehension.
The presuposition of the utterance above is she failed
on Listening Comprehension Lecture.

11. Speech Act
 Speech act is a technical term in linguistics and the
philosophy of language. And it used as requesting,
commanding, questioning or informing.
 Ex :
A man : Excuse me, Madam.. Do you know where is
Central Pharmacy?
A woman : Yes I do, it is in front of The great Mosque
in Panimbang Market.

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