pragmatics of communication Custom Essay

English language

Answer ALL of the following questions:

1.What do you understand by the phrase ‘pragmatics of communication’?

Your answer should amount to no more than 500 words and include all of the following:

o Evidence that you understand how the term is usually understood by researchers working on meaning

o At least one example to illustrate your answer

o Reference to at least one source, with a clear indication of the source following the guidelines for referencing

o Clarity on exactly how your answer relates to the source (as ever, it is not enough to give an answer and just mention a source – we need to know whether you are quoting directly or paraphrasing and to have a clear sense of what the source said)

2. Select an article from a newspaper (this can be an online or print version and you must submit at least all of the text from the article here). In less than 500 words, show how it uses paradigmatic choices to generate specific meaning(s).

3. Following Deely (1994), define the following three terms

a. thing

b. object

c. sign

Say how these definitions might differ from customary, common or demotic uses of the terms. Use the same household item of your choice to illustrate all of your definitions.

(Do not write more than 750 words in total in answering this question – you may write less)

Note: The word counts mentioned above are maximums which we have provided to prevent overlong answers. It may be possible to answer the question adequately by writing less in each case.

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ASSESSMENT CRITERIA:

In assessing your work, some of the things we will consider are:

• to what extent your work follows the English Language style guidelines (NB these are specific to English Language and not general to the University)
• how clearly you have understood concepts used in the module
• how clearly you present your own definitions
• evidence of your own research
• clear and appropriate use of sources
• how clearly you have constructed and presented your arguments
• general assessment criteria, as stated in the University catalogue