prag·mat·ics

(prag-mat'iks),

A branch of semiotics; the theory that deals with the relation between signs and their users, both senders and receivers.

[G. pragmatikos, fr. pragma, thing done]

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prag·mat·ics

(prag-mat'iks)

1. linguistics The set of rules that govern the use of language in context, including social conventions (e.g., eye contact, accompanying gestures, proximity between speaker and listener, and turn-taking).

2. The effects of social setting and environment on language.

[G. pragmatikos, fr. pragma, thing done]

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This study explores teachers' and students' perceptions of effectiveness of core concepts of pragmatics for developing students' pragmatic communicative competence.

Pragmatics assists learners in using "language appropriate to particular communicative events", in using "the relevant utterances necessary for being considered a competent conversant", and "interpreting meaning contextually"(Brock and Nagasaka, 2005, p.

Effectiveness of Explicit Pragmatics Instruction in Developing Business Communication Skills: A Study of Teachers' and Students' Perceptions

The keynote speaker, Professor Adewale Adegbite of the Obafemi Awolowo University, said Pragmatic methods are needed if there must be a fuller, deeper and generally more reasonable account of human language behaviour, adding 'outside pragmatics, there can be no understanding of utterances.'

Nigerian Pragmatics Association Brainstorms, Grooms Students At Conference

Grice's theory of implicatures (1975) is one of the most important aspects in pragmatics. However, in spite of the importance of this theory, there have been few studies on the teachability of Gricean pragmatics (Bromberek-Dyzman & Ewert, 2010; Keenan, 1976; Murray, 2010, 2011) and the discrepant results obtained in these studies evidence the need for further research.

Analysis of pragmatic items in an ESL online adaptive placement test

In pragmatics, the most typical and pervasive primary process affecting the truth-conditions of an utterance is free enrichment: that is, a kind of lexical modulation that affects "what is said" (Recanati, 2010).

EXPLICIT COMMUNICATION: AN INTEREST AND BELIEF-BASED MODEL

In the introductory chapter to their book Teaching and Learning Pragmatics: Where Language and Culture Meet Ishihara and Cohen note the paucity of empirical work done in L2 pragmatic development in the classroom as well as the lack of textbooks to help inform instruction.

Come si dice? Come si fa?: Incorporating the Teaching and Assessment of Pragmatics into a First-Year University-Level Italian Curriculum

propose a more refined approach to teaching pragmatic formulas and enhancing L2 pragmatic competence by integrating various techniques from both formulaic language and pragmatics pedagogy.

An Emerging Pedagogical Approach to Teaching Pragmatic Formulas

Her research interests include the acquisition of L2 pragmatics, the role of interaction in L2 learning and multilingualism.

Learning Pragmatic Routines during Study Abroad: A Focus on Proficiency and Type of Routine/Aprendizaje de rutinas pragmaticas durante programas de estudios en el extranjero: nivel de ingles y tipo de rutina

English historical pragmatics: Problems of data and methodology.

The visual text: bibliographic codes as pragmatic markers on a manuscript page

A pragmatics stylistics method of teaching indigenous poetry does not contribute to the development of the pragmatic competence of students in EFL context.

3. The development of pragmatic competence (PC) through pragmatics stylistics (PS)