English Discourse and Pragmatics - Assignment 1

James Madison University

[This assignment will be marked only as an acceptable or unacceptable effort. Give it your best shot. :-)]

Listen carefully to how language is being used in your next casual conversation with one or more friends. Then give one example of each of the following:

  • Something you had to know already to understand what someone said (provide what was said as well as the background context.)
  • Something that was not really explicitly said, but that seemed to be what you were meant to understand (provide what was actually said as well.)







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