Методические рекомендации к семинарам по теоретической грамматике английского языка. Тивьяева И.В. - 40 стр.

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Seminar 16

Speech Act Theory. Pragmatic Types of Sentences

Reading

Иванова И.П., Бурлакова В.В., Почепцов Г.Г. Теоретическая грамматика

современного английского языка. (3.4. “Прагматика предложения”, с. 267 –

281)

Points to discuss

1. Speech acts theory. Classification of speech acts (J. Austin, J. R. Searle).

2. Pragmatic types of sentences.

3. Pragmatic transposition of sentences.

Questions for discussion

1. What does the speech act theory consist in?

2. Dwell upon the notions of locution, illocution and perlocution.

3. What types of speech acts were singled out by J. Austin?

4. What makes performatives a special type of illocutionary acts?

5. What are felicity conditions?

6. What pragmatic types of sentences are differentiated by prof. Pocheptsov?

7. What is pragmatic transposition of sentences?

8. Can any pragmatic type of sentences be transposed?

Practice Assignment

I. Define the pragmatic type of the following sentences:

1. Help yourself.

2. Go to hell.

3. Say that again, and I’ll hit you.

4. Do you know whether they won?

5. You may go now, Smith.

6. Take me home.

You could be more careful.

8. Your performance was outstanding! – Yes, wasn’t it!

9. I’m terribly pleased to hear that you failed your exams.