Sentence examples for pragmatic functions from inspiring English sources

Some feminist epistemologists at this point stress the pragmatic functions of inquiry (Anderson 1995b).

Concerning conventions of language, certain linguistic forms are conventionalized to convey pragmatic functions (hereafter Lin).

As for implicatures conveyed through conventionalized linguistic forms, instructors should explicitly teach such pragmalinguistic forms and discuss their pragmatic functions.

The lower percentage of conventionalized linguistic features whose pragmatic functions are shared cross-culturally might have made the Lin items in this study difficult.

This, then, may lead young adults within collectivistic cultures to emphasize the pragmatic functions of dating and eventual marriage, while having less concern with notions of "love" and "romance" (Hsu 1981).

This study investigates the effects of instruction (input plus focused metapragmatic noticing) on the oral production of conventional expressions, particularly those conventional expressions which perform specific pragmatic functions in English.

This metaphor admitted of a pragmatic function.

He suggests that conceptual issues might play a role for reduction insofar as their pragmatic function is concerned.

Its pragmatic function becomes more evident in the formulation of ambitions and ideals, when two conditions co-occur: dissatisfaction with the present and hope for the future [28].

When examinees already knew the pragmatic function of a conventionalized linguistic form, they often directly referred to the linguistic form and paraphrased the implied meaning.

The example represents a type of form-meaning mismatch that helps to fulfill a pragmatic function, i.e., to express indirectness or super-politeness.