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Pragmatics 绵阳师范学院外国语学院 曾晓红 2011年9月 Introduction to Pragmatics The linguistic origin of Pragmatics what is linguistics? Linguistics is the scientific study of language. whats the core fields of study in linguistics? phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and language acquisition In other words, linguistics studies the sounds, forms and meaning of languages.(音、形、义) The linguistic origin of Pragmatics prescriptive vs. despcriptive langue vs. parole competence vs. performance The linguistic origin of Pragmaticsprescriptive vs. descriptive Will we get an answer soon? Everybody enjoyed the play, didnt they? Who did you talk to? None of them were able to come. Switzerland is between France, Germany, Austria and Italy. Would you mind me sitting here? Galileo said that the earth travels round the sun. The two boys looked at one another suspiciously. Can I use your telephone? Dont worry: its me here. Shall we get an answer soon? They all enjoyed the play, didnt they? To whom did you speak? None of them was able to come. Switzerland is among France, Germany, Austria and Italy. Would you mind my sitting here? Galileo said that the earth traveled round the sun. The two boys looked at each other suspiciously. May I use your telephone? Dont worry: its I here. The linguistic origin of Pragmaticslangue vs. parole F. de. Saussure(索绪尔) 1916 Langue (language) is the well-defined and self-contained system of the regularities of the language. Parole (speech) is the concrete use of the language, the actual utterances. It is an external manifestation of langue. It is the usage of the system, but not the system. Parole is of individual character and subject to will, intellectual thinking and attitude. Which is the object of linguistic study? The linguistic origin of Pragmaticscompetence vs. performance Linguistic theory is concerned primarily with an ideal speaker-listener, in a completely homogeneous speech-communication, who know its (the speech communitys) language