语言学教程Chapter Eight.pptVIP

Lecture Ten Chapter Eight Language in Use Pragmatics is usually conceived as a branch of semantics concerned with the meanings that sentences have in particular context in which they are uttered. The interpretation of the meaning we study here depends more on the context. a study of implicatures as oppose to “literal meanings” or truth conditions of sentences. a study of language in use, the study of speakers’ intention. Utterance Meaning vs. Sentence Meaning Sentence: abstract units of the language system. Utterance: units of language in use. Semantic meaning: the more constant, inh