ANT102H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Handia (Drink), Pragmatics, Denotation
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Understanding and interpretation: denotation easy to learn. Aim is descriptive accuracy important to have accurate description (ex. Instructions for cooking/baking, etc. : connotation harder to learn. Used to influence thought on a particular matter. Metaphor is a kind of trope (analogical device) Type of trope is a model of building: linking of semantic domains. Baseball and business (work with people from different countries . Americans often use sports metaphors when talking especially baseball) Structures oppositions/ up : down :: good : bad. Sport : work :: baseball : business: conceptual systems and metaphors. E. g. time is a thing we talk like it(cid:859)s a thi(cid:374)g (ru(cid:374)(cid:374)i(cid:374)g out o ti(cid:373)e, what(cid:859)s the time, losing time, etc. ) Argument is war (attacking ones position, criticism on target, shooting down, etc. ) More of a recent an american focus. Meaning of social linguistic utterances in social contexts.
