Deixis, Speech Acts, Politeness, Language teaching, Cross-cultural pragmatics
Corporate creator
Wawasan Open University
Subject
Pragmatic
Pragmatic tools
Description
This course guide helps learners to understand how lexical, grammatical, metaphorical and interactional devices are used to express meanings, and how the meanings of words and structure change depending on context and circumstances. It will examine what is meant by pragmatic meaning and pragmatic usage. It also aims to provide linguistic tools to help you to understand the way in which meanings are expressed. It also helps to explain how the study of meaning can provide insights into the conceptualisation of experiences in classroom and across disciplines.