The history of pragmatics
in 1930, Bloomfield stated that the important focus of language learning are phonology and morphology, and then in 1950, Chomsky expanded the material and improved the level in syntax. Katz in 1960 started to integrated the language study with the meaning of the language (semantics concept). Moreover in 1970, Lakoff, Ross, et all believed that the context of language is important in study a language.
The Definitions of Pragmatics
Charless Morris : The study of relation of sign and its interpreters
Levinson : The study of language use
Moreover, we can conclude that pragmatics is the study of language that use in one community that is depended of the context or the situation of the language use
Meaning Levels by Gilbert Hontmant
1. Meaning as the evidential and observational use.
2. Meaning as circularity from at least two direction
3. Meaning as speech act potential.
The differences of Semantic and Pragmatics
| Semantics | PRAGMATICS |
| Contextual Independent meaning | Contextual dependent meaning |
| Relation between sign to the object it represent | The relation between the sign to interpreters |
| Form meaning | form-function |
The differences between the pertinent concepts in semiotics :
| The differences | Charles S. Pierce | Ferdinand De Saussure |
| Terminology | Semiotics | Semiology |
| Nationality | America | Europe |
| Approach | philosophy and logic | linguistics approach |
| Element of Sign | Representament, Object and Interpretant | Signifier and Signified |
| Kinds of Sign | Iconic, Indexical, and symbolic | linguistics sign |
| Structure | trycotomy | Dicotomy |
The further explanation will be discussed in the next post. Stay connected.
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