LIN 207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: John J. Gumperz, Indirect Speech

• School: University at Buffalo
• Department: Linguistics
• Course: LIN 207
• Professor: Abigael Candelas

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Fta): non-committal of the fta: the speaker chooses not to commit the fta at all. Depends on the perceived severity of the fta. Pragmatic variation across different cultural contexts or communities of practice. For a south asian londoners, these have the same meaning, but for white london speaker these intonations have different meanings, and interpret them as: risi(cid:374)g i(cid:374)to(cid:374)atio(cid:374): mea(cid:374)s (cid:862)do (cid:455)ou (cid:449)a(cid:374)t gra(cid:448)(cid:455)? (cid:863) Flat or falli(cid:374)g i(cid:374)to(cid:374)atio(cid:374): (cid:862)i"(cid:373) gi(cid:448)i(cid:374)g (cid:455)ou gra(cid:448)(cid:455), (cid:449)hether (cid:455)ou like it or (cid:374)ot(cid:863) Example: job interview (john gumperz: q: why do you want to work here, a: [reason why they are the perfect fit for the job, q: why do you want to work here, a: i need a job. E(cid:454)a(cid:373)ple: (cid:862)ho(cid:449) are (cid:455)ou? (cid:863: do you say. Key take home: we ha(cid:448)e lots of dis(cid:272)ourses a(cid:374)d stereot(cid:455)pes a(cid:271)out (cid:862)(cid:272)ulture(cid:863), eg (cid:862)ca(cid:374)adia(cid:374)s are so polite(cid:863)