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02 Hbet1103 Toc
5.4 Pragmatics 76
5.4.1 Sentence versus Utterance 76
5.4.2 Speech Acts, Performatives and Illocutionary Force 77
5.4.3 Felicity 78
5.4.4 GriceÊs Maxims 79
Summary 81
Key Terms 82
References 82
Topic 6 Sociolinguistics 83
6.1 Language as a Social Phenomenon 83
6.1.1 Speech Community 84
6.1.2 Interactive Context 84
6.2 Social Varieties and Variation 85
6.2.1 Regional Variation 85
6.2.2 Social Dialects 87
6.2.3 Age Related Variation 88
6.3 Registers 88
6.4 Bilinguals and Language Use 90
6.5 Language Shift and Endangerment 92
6.5.1 Language Shift 92
6.5.2 Language Death 93
Summary 94
Key Terms 95
References 95
Topic 7 Psycholinguistics 97
7.1 Language and Cognition 97
7.2 Language and Processing 99
7.2.1 Speech Perception 100
7.2.2 Sentence Processing 102
7.2.3 Speech Production and Perception Models 103
7.3 Language and the Brain 106
7.3.1 Physical Features of the Brain 106
7.3.2 Lateralisation 107
7.3.3 Brain Imaging Techniques 108
Summary 110
Key Terms 111
References 112