This lack of respect and interest on Martin’s part leads Corene to resorting to repetition in order to attempt to get her point across. Corene repeatedly reminds Martin of their conversation yesterday, for example, “if you recall yesterday I gave you some work to do,” (Reynolds, 2012, :45-:48) and “as I said yesterday, I said I needed it.” (0:57-0:59) Martin does recognize their conversation by using backchannels, which are vocal and non-vocal ways of indicating a person is understanding what is said, (Yule, 1996, p. 75) for example, he nods when she discusses the project. However, he does not provide her with any information as to when the work will be done or whether it will be ready for her meeting. Corene uses this repetition because she
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Despite this general consensus, Martin challenges this ideology by using hesitations, hedges, and “express[ing] doubt.” (1996, p. 81) Corene entered this conversation with the assumption that the work she needed would be ready, and when it is not, she resorts to repetition in order to try to get the message through to Martin of how urgent this situation is. When watching the interaction between Martin and Corene, it is clear she is caught off guard and fights to find a way to reach a preferred conclusion when she repeatedly responds to his excuses and vague answers with phrases like “um ok uh so,” (2012, 0:28) “so um,” (2012, 1:27) and other hesitations. Once the desired response is not provided by Martin, Corene then repeats what she has said over and over. This repetition clearly violates the quantitative principle of cooperation in that Corene makes her “contribution more informative than is required.” (Yule, 1996, p. 37) The interaction between Martin and Corene is full of hesitations and repetition that would, otherwise be unnecessary; however, this does represent the constraints people can face that Sachtleben and Denny discuss in their pragmatics definition, and the effects language use has on both users and …show more content…
Not only do Corene and Martin go through some basic stages of conversation, they also show us how, as stated by Sachtleben and Denny, people react to language and and the constraints imposed on them by a particular situation and by others with whom they interact. Pragmatic analysis is critical for interpreters, as it teaches them the societal norms, different methods of communication, and techniques people use in order to reach an agreeable outcome in an interaction. Sachtleben and Denny (2011) argue that it is imperative interpreters understand the meanings and goals behind any utterance, therefore “understanding the pragmatic force of an utterance is just as important as understanding the lexical meaning.” (p. 5) An effective interpreter cannot rely solely on translating a source language into a target language. Human interaction is diverse and multifaceted, and the only way a person can truly grasp the complexities of a language is by studying the underlying meanings behind utterances and the many ways ideas can be communicated through use of linguistic and paralinguistic techniques and choices. The video Pragmatics Analysis (Reynolds, 2012) shows the many ways two people can communicate, and the various ways they alter their choice of words to avoid potential conflict. Only until one comprehends both the words being said and
Despite this general consensus, Martin challenges this ideology by using hesitations, hedges, and “express[ing] doubt.” (1996, p. 81) Corene entered this conversation with the assumption that the work she needed would be ready, and when it is not, she resorts to repetition in order to try to get the message through to Martin of how urgent this situation is. When watching the interaction between Martin and Corene, it is clear she is caught off guard and fights to find a way to reach a preferred conclusion when she repeatedly responds to his excuses and vague answers with phrases like “um ok uh so,” (2012, 0:28) “so um,” (2012, 1:27) and other hesitations. Once the desired response is not provided by Martin, Corene then repeats what she has said over and over. This repetition clearly violates the quantitative principle of cooperation in that Corene makes her “contribution more informative than is required.” (Yule, 1996, p. 37) The interaction between Martin and Corene is full of hesitations and repetition that would, otherwise be unnecessary; however, this does represent the constraints people can face that Sachtleben and Denny discuss in their pragmatics definition, and the effects language use has on both users and …show more content…
Not only do Corene and Martin go through some basic stages of conversation, they also show us how, as stated by Sachtleben and Denny, people react to language and and the constraints imposed on them by a particular situation and by others with whom they interact. Pragmatic analysis is critical for interpreters, as it teaches them the societal norms, different methods of communication, and techniques people use in order to reach an agreeable outcome in an interaction. Sachtleben and Denny (2011) argue that it is imperative interpreters understand the meanings and goals behind any utterance, therefore “understanding the pragmatic force of an utterance is just as important as understanding the lexical meaning.” (p. 5) An effective interpreter cannot rely solely on translating a source language into a target language. Human interaction is diverse and multifaceted, and the only way a person can truly grasp the complexities of a language is by studying the underlying meanings behind utterances and the many ways ideas can be communicated through use of linguistic and paralinguistic techniques and choices. The video Pragmatics Analysis (Reynolds, 2012) shows the many ways two people can communicate, and the various ways they alter their choice of words to avoid potential conflict. Only until one comprehends both the words being said and