CSD 240 Final Exam – comprehensive study guide and exam preparation
material
linguistic competence - ✔✔ability to produce and understand well-formed, meaningful
utterances
communicative competence - ✔✔ability to use language appropriately in social interaction
pragmatic knowledge - ✔✔knowledge of conventions that govern language use
discourse knowledge - ✔✔use of language in conversation
sociolinguistic knowledge - ✔✔knowledge of how language use varies as a function of
sociolinguistic variables
pragmatic function - ✔✔meaning behind phrase based on the social context
ex. "those cookies sure look good" could be a compliment or request
locutionary act - ✔✔the linguistic form
illocutionary act - ✔✔the intended function behind the words (intention)
perlocutionary act - ✔✔the effect of the words on the listener (product/effect)
Speech Act Theory - ✔✔all utterances perform an act.
*Successful when receiver understands message that speaker intended, not necessarily when
illocutionary = perlocutionary
, turn-taking - ✔✔discourse skill.
learned in non-verbal interaction before in conversation.
modeled by adults
conversational skills - ✔✔-initiating
-turn taking
-establishing reference
-terminating
indirect request - ✔✔-change with register/audience.
-tend to use more direct requests w/ mothers than fathers.
maintaining topic - ✔✔kids can consistently do this by age 5. modeled by adults
cohesion devices - ✔✔anaphora = the use of pronouns to refer to previously mentioned
referent
ellipsis = redundant parts from preceding sentences are deleted in the following sentence
*develop around age 3-4
-provides continuity in discourse
style-switching - ✔✔styles=registers.
-dependent on class, location, audience, etc.
conversational repair - ✔✔children can consistently do this by age 5.
-repetition
material
linguistic competence - ✔✔ability to produce and understand well-formed, meaningful
utterances
communicative competence - ✔✔ability to use language appropriately in social interaction
pragmatic knowledge - ✔✔knowledge of conventions that govern language use
discourse knowledge - ✔✔use of language in conversation
sociolinguistic knowledge - ✔✔knowledge of how language use varies as a function of
sociolinguistic variables
pragmatic function - ✔✔meaning behind phrase based on the social context
ex. "those cookies sure look good" could be a compliment or request
locutionary act - ✔✔the linguistic form
illocutionary act - ✔✔the intended function behind the words (intention)
perlocutionary act - ✔✔the effect of the words on the listener (product/effect)
Speech Act Theory - ✔✔all utterances perform an act.
*Successful when receiver understands message that speaker intended, not necessarily when
illocutionary = perlocutionary
, turn-taking - ✔✔discourse skill.
learned in non-verbal interaction before in conversation.
modeled by adults
conversational skills - ✔✔-initiating
-turn taking
-establishing reference
-terminating
indirect request - ✔✔-change with register/audience.
-tend to use more direct requests w/ mothers than fathers.
maintaining topic - ✔✔kids can consistently do this by age 5. modeled by adults
cohesion devices - ✔✔anaphora = the use of pronouns to refer to previously mentioned
referent
ellipsis = redundant parts from preceding sentences are deleted in the following sentence
*develop around age 3-4
-provides continuity in discourse
style-switching - ✔✔styles=registers.
-dependent on class, location, audience, etc.
conversational repair - ✔✔children can consistently do this by age 5.
-repetition
