MDIA3000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: University Of New South Wales, Pragmatics, Cooperative Principle
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3. 1 what is pragmatics: the study of meaning in relation to the context in which a person is speaking or writing. Includes social, situational and textual context, background knowledge context (what people know about each other and about the world: assumes that communication has a shared understanding of how individuals should cooperate in their communications. 3. 2 language, context and discourse: the context of situation is important in order to understand and interpret the meaning of what is said. Includes physical context, the social context and the mental worlds and roles of the people involved in the interaction. Impacts what we say and what is interpreted in spoken and written discourse. Situational context: what people know about what they can see around them: background knowledge context: what people know about each other and the world. Is jointly accomplished by speaker and listener, writer or reader.
