Discourse Pragmatics

Pragmàtica Discursiva

About this concept

Discourse-level features: hedging (potser, segurament, em sembla que), tag questions (oi?, veritat?, no?), fillers (doncs, llavors, mira), and politeness strategies in Catalan conversation.

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~30 cards at level C2.

Examples

Fa bon temps, oi?It's nice weather, isn't it?

Em sembla que no vindrà.I think he/she won't come. (hedged)

Doncs, no sé què dir-te.Well, I don't know what to tell you.

Seria possible que em donéssiu...?Would it be possible for you to give me...? (polite)

Prerequisite

Formal RegisterC1

More C2 concepts

Dialectal VariationVariació Dialectal Medieval and Literary CatalanCatalà Antic i Literari Administrative and Legal LanguageLlenguatge Administratiu i Jurídic Colloquial and Informal CatalanCatalà Col·loquial Media and Journalistic CatalanCatalà dels Mitjans de Comunicació

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