语用失误pragmaticfailure.pptVIP

* SPEAK LOUDLY AND APPROPRIATELY grammatical errors Maybe, grammatical errors will irritate and impede communication, but ,the errors are just saying that you are not fully grammatical competent. The native speakers seem to have little difficulty to understanding your meaning. Unprofessional language user Pragmatic failure usually results in more seriously problems than grammatical errors. Definition of pragmatic failures pragmatic failure refers to communication breakdown resulting from being unable to really understand each other. pragmatic failures If you can speak English fluently without any grammatical errors, a native speaker is likely to attribute your apparent impoliteness or unfriendliness, not to any linguistic deficiency, but to boorishness or ill-will. Bad moral quality Common pragmatic failures in daily life In privacy ---What’s your name? ---My name is Li Hua. ---How old are you? ---I’m forty. ---Where do you come from? ---I come from Suzhou. Where are you from? ---I’m from Shanghai. ---Is your wife from Shanghai, too? ---No, she isn’t. She is from Beijing. ---Are you writing a letter to your wife? ---Yes, I am. ---How often do you write to your wife? ---Once a week. In greetings and farewell Situation: After a Chinese person stayed in an English friend house, she was ready to leave. CS: ‘I’m sorry I took up you too much time.’ ES: No, you didn’t. Example A: Oh，the dinner is so wonderful． B: No，no，the dish is not very tasty． Just have ataste，if it is not good，you may leave it on the plate． In compliment Example Situation: Chinese non-English major sophomores asked a professor in the United States to buy and mail a dictionary for them. Some of their requests are as follows. I want you to buy the dictionary. Buy the dictionary for me and I will be happy. You can buy the dictionary for me. I expect that you can deliver the dictionary to me. In advice and request Causes of these pragmatic fai