M.A-M.A English 4th Sem Paper - 4.7 : Pragmatics - II(University of Pune, Pune-2013)

M.A. (Part - II) (Semester - IV)

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Paper - 4.7 : Pragmatics - II

(Optional) (2008 Pattern)

Time : 3 Hours]                                                                            [Max. Marks:80

Instructions to the candidates:

1) All questions are compulsory.

2) All questions carry equal marks.

Q1) Answer any TWO of the following:        [16]

a) Discuss the maxims of Cooperative Principle as advocated by H.P. Grice. b) According to Sperber & Wilson an assumption is relevant in a context if

and only if it has some contextual effect in that context. Discuss in the light of Relevance Theory.

c)       The human relationships are strengthened by the Politeness Principle.

Discuss giving suitable examples.

Q2) Answer any TWO of the following:                                                                [16]

a) Differentiate implication from implicature with suitable examples.

b) Draw the distinction between explicature and implicature with suitable

examples.

c)       Pragmatics is concerned with the notion of implicature, i.e. implied

meaning as opposed to the mere lexical meaning expressed. Discuss.

Q3) Answer any TWO of the following:                                                                [16]

a) What are the different types of cohesion? Explain each one of them with

suitable examples.

b) Illustrate with suitable examples J.L. Austin’s classification of speech

acts.

c)       Speech acts are ways of doing things with our words in conversation.

Explain with suitable examples.

P.T.O.

Q4) Answer any TWO of the following:                                                                [16]

Natural language processing, a field of computer science and linguistics,

is concerned with the interactions between computers and human (natural) languages. Illustrate your answer with suitable examples.

‘Pragmatic Competence involves being able to use language in

interpersonal relationships, taking into account such complexities as social distance and indirectness’. Discuss.

A reader of a literary text has to be aware of many aspects involved in

pragmatics such as presupposition, implicature, speech act, speech situation, speech event, deictic expression etc. Discuss.

Q5) Answer any FOUR of the following:                                                              [16]

a)       Give one example for each of the following:

i)        Negative politeness

ii)       Observance of relation maxim

iii)      Violation of quality maxim

iv)      Observance of tact maxim.

b)       Explain the implicatures in the following utterances:

i)        My friends were poor, but honest

ii)       Abhishek always brings a chocolate to his wife.

c)       Give the adjacency pairs for the following:

i)        Offer - acceptance ii)     Question - answer iii)           Invitation - rejection

iv)      Request - refusal

d)       Give a pragmatic analysis of the following dialogue:

Willy : Why do you always insult me?

Biff : I didn’t say a word. [To Linda] Did I say a word? Linda : He didn’t say anything. Willy.

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