Pragmatics
Scope & Guideline
Unlocking the complexities of human interaction.
Introduction
Aims and Scopes
- Corpus Linguistics:
Utilizes large collections of texts (corpora) to analyze language patterns, usage, and variations across different contexts and speaker groups. - Pragmatic Analysis:
Explores how context influences the interpretation of meaning, including the analysis of speech acts, politeness strategies, and discourse markers. - Intercultural Communication:
Investigates how language use varies across cultures, contributing to the understanding of cross-cultural pragmatics and communicative competence. - Digital Communication:
Examines language use in online contexts, focusing on social media, digital discourse, and the implications for identity and community. - Historical and Sociolinguistic Perspectives:
Analyzes language change and variation over time, providing insights into the evolution of discourse practices and their social implications.
Trending and Emerging
- Multimodal Pragmatics:
There is a growing interest in how different modes of communication (e.g., visual, auditory) interact with verbal language, particularly in digital and face-to-face interactions. - Corpus-Based Pragmatic Studies:
An increasing number of studies utilize corpus-based methodologies to explore pragmatic phenomena, demonstrating the impact of large datasets on understanding language use. - Pragmatics of Social Media:
Research focusing on language use in social media platforms is on the rise, reflecting the importance of digital communication in contemporary society. - Contextualized Language Learning:
Emerging studies emphasize the role of pragmatics in language education, particularly regarding the teaching of pragmatic competence to learners in diverse contexts. - Identity and Pragmatic Variation:
There is an increased focus on how language use reflects and constructs identity, particularly in multicultural and multilingual settings.
Declining or Waning
- Traditional Speech Act Theory:
There is a noticeable reduction in studies focused solely on classical speech act theory, as newer research tends to integrate these concepts within broader pragmatic frameworks. - Static Models of Politeness:
Research on fixed models of politeness strategies is appearing less frequently, possibly due to the growing recognition of dynamic and context-sensitive approaches to politeness. - Discourse Analysis in Isolation:
Studies that approach discourse analysis without incorporating corpus methods are less common, indicating a shift towards more empirical, data-driven research. - Linguistic Universals in Pragmatics:
Explorations of universal principles governing pragmatic behavior are becoming less frequent, as the field increasingly emphasizes the diversity of pragmatic practices across cultures.
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