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An Introduction to English Pragmatics.References - required:Thomas, J. (1995) Meaning in Interaction. Longman.Yule, . (199!) "ragmatics, #$%or& 'niersit "ress.Additional*+riel, M. (2010) e%ining "ragmatics, amri&ge./ron, "., .. Leinson (193) "oliteness. ome uniersals in language
use, amri&ge 'niersit "ress.ruse, +. (200!) + lossar o% emantics an& "ragmatics, 4&inurgh '".reen, . M. (1939) "ragmatics an& atural Language 'n&erstan&ing, L4+.
run&, ". (1995) oing "ragmatics, +rnol&.6orn, L.7., . 8ar& (e&s) (200) The 6an&oo: o% "ragmatics, /lac:ell.6uang, Y. (200) "ragmatics, #$%or& 'niersit "ress.Leech, . (193;) "rinci
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"ragmatics is the stu& o% the ailit o% language users to
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seen to e (amongst other things) a turn-hol&ing &eice (seeha
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entailment" and 7non6natural8 meaning implicature". 9louting a maxim is a particularly salientway of getting an addressee to draw an inference. Thus there is a trade6off between abiding bymaxims the prototypical way of conducting a conversation" and flouting maxims the prototypicalway of conveying implicit meanings"3.
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entailment" and 7non6natural8 meaning implicature". 9louting a maxim is a particularly salientway of getting an addressee to draw an inference. Thus there is a trade6off between abiding bymaxims the prototypical way of conducting a conversation" and flouting maxims the prototypicalway of conveying implicit meanings"3.
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09-2012*?he had three children, right+* Bes"*!ow many were boys+*Kone"*Were there any girls*!ow was your first marriage terminated+*y death"*/nd by whose death was it terminated*-o you recall the time that you examined the body+* The autopsy started around E65H p"m"*/nd .r -ennington was dead at the time+.Ko, you dummy, he was sitting on the table wondering why 0 was doing an autopsy"*/ll your responses must be oral, 'R What school did you go to
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The &rinci&al a&&roaches to &oliteness(see "iiconi)*(1) The "re-
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ro'n K e,inson: egati,e &oliteness
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$ Decide 'hether the follo'ing utterances are oriented to the &ositi,e or the negati,e face of the addressee and 'h% *1. ot the time mateBG" %esidents wishing to drink after 4H"5H p"m" must produce
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ro'n K e,inson:Off-Record Politeness Strategies(
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