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• Overview of pragmatics
• Intentions in multi-modal contents
• Implication for relevance theory
• Application of relevance theory
1. Pragmatics – theory of human communication and cognition
1.1 Communication – Code or Inference?
1. Pragmatics – theory of human communication and cognition
1.2 Problems with the code model
Co-operative principle:
(Grice 1989:26)
1. Pragmatics – theory of human communication and cognition
1.4 Grice and Inference: Maxims of conversation
Relation:
Be relevant
Manner: Be perspicuous.
(a) Avoid obscurity of expression.
(b) Avoid ambiguity.
(c) Be brief.
(d) Be orderly.
(Grice 1989: 26-27)
1. Pragmatics – theory of human communication and cognition
1.6 What is said and what is implicated
Explicature:
an ostensively communicated assumption which is inferentially
developed from one of the incomplete conceptual representations
(logical forms) encoded by the utterance.
Implicature:
an ostensively communicated assumption which is not an
explicature; that is, a communicated assumption which derived solely
via process of pragmatic inference.
(Carston. 2002:377)
2. Pragmatics – theory of human communication and cognition
2.8 Relevance-theoretic comprehension procedure
(a) Mary has said to Peter, “Hex forgot to go to Embedding of the decoded (incomplete) logical form of
the BANK1 / BANK2.” Mary’s utterance into a description of Mary’s ostensive
[Hex = uninterpreted pronoun] behaviour.
[BANK1 = financial institution]
[BANK2 = river bank]
(b) Mary’s utterance will be optimally relevant Expectation raised by recognition of Mary's ostensive
to Peter. behaviour and acceptance of the presumption of
relevance it conveys.
(c) Mary's utterance will achieve relevance by Expectation raised by (b), together with the fact that
explaining why John has not repaid the money such an explanation would be most relevant to Peter at
he owed her. this point.
(d) Forgetting to go to the BANK1 may make First assumption to occur to Peter which, together with
one unable to repay the money one owes. other appropriate premises, might satisfy expectation (c).
Accepted as an implicit premise of Mary's utterance.
(e) John forgot to go to the BANK1. First enrichment of the logical form of Mary's
utterance to occur to Peter which might combine with
(d) to lead to the satisfaction of (c). Accepted as an
explicature of Mary’s utterance.
(f) John was unable to repay Mary Inferred from (d) and (e), satisfying (c) and accepted as
the money he owes because he forgot an implicit conclusion of Mary’s utterance.
to go to the BANK1.
(g) John may repay Mary the money From (f) plus background knowledge. One of several
he owes when he next goes to the possible weak implicatures of Mary’s utterance which,
BANK1. together with (f), satisfy expectation (b).
Advertisement is ・・・
1. Announcement = to give certain information
2. Persuasive message = to persuade targeted
people
to recognize (Attention)
to like (Interest) Products
to want (Desire)
to memorize (Memory) Brand
to buy (Action)
AIDMA (American Marketing Association (1995).
Diagram Adapted from Arai & Sasamoto (2012)
3. Multi-intention in multi- modal contents
3.2 TV Commercials
Toyota
“Human
Touch”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCJLVC3Zy6M
3. Multi-intention in multi- modal contents
3.2 TV Commercials
An Utterance
The Hearer’s
Cognitive
Environment
Brand-image building
Input Input Input
Cognitive
Environment
• In case of TV programmes
Level 2 To make the viewers react
Producer’s e.g.
intention to Laugh
manipulate Cry
……….
Level 1
• ‘covert’ manipulation
Advertising –may have no ‘direct’ intervention in
the base content
• ‘overt’ manipulation
OCT ---- intervention is done by using
representations of base contents
---- explains the cognitive load for the viewers
4 Implications for relevance theory
4.2. Higher intention
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For effective communication in emergency
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5. Application of relevance theory
5.1 Towards effective emergency communication
• Kamaishi, Iwate
• Exception: Oarai machi
References
• Arai, K & R. Sasamoto (2012) Advertising, brand image building and weak
communication. Paper delivered at Interpreting for Relevance: Discourse and
Translation. Warsaw (Poland), September
• Grice, P. 1989. Studies in the Way of Words. Cambridge: Harvard University Press
• Sasamoto, R. (2012) Humour and Irritation: Attempts at Viewer Manipulation on TV.,
Manchester and Salford New Researchers Forum in Linguistics, 02-NOV-12 - 03-
NOV-12, Manchester, UK
• Sasamoto, R., Kyoko, A., and Doherty, S, Multi-media, multi-modal, multi-intentions,
The Multimodality and Cyberpsychology Conference, 24-NOV-12 - 24-NOV-12, Dublin
• Shannon, C. & Weaver, W. The mathematical theory of communication. Urbana:
University of Illinois Press.
• Sperber, D. and Wilson, D. 1986 / 1995. Relevance : communication and cognition.
Oxford: Blackwell.
• Sperber, D. & Wilson, D. (1987a) Précis of Relevance. Behavioral & Brain Sciences
10.4. 697-710.
• Wilson, Deirdre and Dan Sperber. 2002. Relevance Theory. UCL Working Papers in
Linguistics 14, 249-290. Reprinted . in L. Horn & G. Ward (eds) 2004. Blackwell’s
Handbook of Pragmatics: 607-632