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语用学导论Pragmatics: An Introduction Office Hours: 14:30-15:40 p.m. Monday 逸夫馆II-711 9:00-10:00 a.m. Tuesday Tel:Email: mailto:cxr3354182@163.comcxr3354182@163.com 语言学之家：/Warm-upWhat do you know about pragmatics (“pragma-”, a Latin root, means “act” or “action”) as a branch of linguistic study?Origin of “pragmatics” Morris/Davis: the study of the relationships between linguistic forms and the users of those forms[C. Morris, 1938, Foundations of the Theory of Signs, Chicago: University of Chicago Press.]Compare: syntax: the study of the relationships between linguistic forms, how they are arranged in sequence and which sequences are well-formed; semantics: the study of the relationships between linguistic forms and entities in the world, how words literally connect to things.What is pragmatics? G. Yule (pp.3-4): --the study of speaker meaning [what people mean by what they say, the study of meaning as communicated by a speaker (or writer) and interpreted by a listener (or reader)] --the study of contextual meaning [how context determines meaning and shapes the way meaning is conveyed]2010年10月16日晚，一辆黑色轿车在河北大学校区内撞倒两名女生一死一伤，司机不但没有停车，反而继续去校内宿舍楼接女友。返回途中被学生和保安拦下，该肇事者不但没有关心伤者，甚至态度冷漠嚣张，高喊“有本事你们告去，我爸是李刚!” /image/9dc3cf5885f727c8800a18b6?/image/9dc3cf5885f727c8800a18b6 后经证实了解，该男子名为李启铭父亲李刚是保定市某公安分局副局长。此事一出迅速成为网友和媒体热议的焦点，“我爸是李刚”语句也迅速成为网络最火的流行语。 ASK:How is semanticists’ study of meaning different from pragmaticians’ study of meaning?Syntax, semantics and pragmatics(1) i’m lovin’ it.(2) Know yourself. (3) John is a machine.(4) Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.(5) Golf plays John.(6) Boys are boys.(7) The child looks like his father./The father looks like his son.‘pragmatics’ as a waste basket/rag-bag?Status of pragmatics: Pragmatics/semantics/sociolinguistics?branch or perspective?Continental School vs. Anglo-American SchoolJacob Mey, Jef Verschueren, etc.G. Leech, Stephen Levinson, Jenny Thomas, Georgia Green, Peter Grundy, etc.Verschueren: a functional