ANT253H1 Lecture Notes - Ob River, Conversation Analysis, Communicative Competence
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Skip rest of chapter 2 and chapter 3. Parole language use vehicle for establishing, maintaining defining and cueing social relations story about young man on train to lublin. Asks merchant for time, he responds go to hell! . Boy says wtf, merchant says (long story short) that he wouldn"t let his daughter marry someone without a watch: point of story choices have consequences. Dell hymes (1971: when talking, need to consider, setting and scene, participants, ends, act sequences, key, norms of interaction. -this is not just a questions, it"s a request cream and sugar? yes please that"ll be 50 cents: you"ve just got the one kind of lettuce, b) yes. Cos: a) that"s a nice one, a request, this phrase does not always function as a request; could be a description or suggestion. In this particular setting/context, it is a request: b) yes. Pragmatics: the branch of linguistics that deals with, how do we convey what.
