Tuesday, 24 September 2013

English language definitions

PHATIC LANGUAGE- Sociable (purely relationships/ chatting).

FORMALITY- The way people adjust the tone of their language to suit the situation they're in.
DEIXIS- Words that refer (point) to something.

PRONOUN- A word used in place of a noun.

CONTEXT DEPENDENT- When you have to know the context to understand the message.

CONTEXT INDEPENDENT- When you can understand the message.

LOCUTION- The literal sense of what you're saying.

ILLOCUTION- Implied meaning, what you really mean.

PERLOCUTION- Perceived meaning, what you think they are telling you.

CULTURAL ASSUMPTION  - The understanding of implied meanings based on a shared experience or knowledge of a group/ culture of people 

PRAGMATICS- Underline meaning of what someone thinks or the way meaning is implied in a social text.
 

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