Essay on Pragmatic Language Communication Analysis

This essay provides an analysis of pragmatic language communication, focusing on both oral and written forms. It explores the pragmatic features of communication in formal and informal settings, highlighting the differences and challenges faced by English language learners, such as misinterpretation of vocabulary and listening barriers. The essay identifies key strategies to help English learners, including the importance of a proper feedback system, unbiased communication, and the appropriate use of gestures and signs. Furthermore, it examines the relationship between pragmatics and the social functions of language, such as informing, persuading, amusing, and controlling. The analysis concludes with reflections on the importance of these strategies for effective communication. The essay includes a figure illustrating the pragmatic communication structure and relevant bibliography.

Running head: PRAGMATIC LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION
Pragmatic Language Communication
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1PRAGMATIC LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION
Pragmatic communication focuses on the social communication with the help
of proper grammatical structure through oral and written mediums.
Pragmatic features of Oral communication style
Body gestures, Facial expressions, Informal and not recorded
Pragmatic features of written communication style
Written Formal and recorded
Pragmatic feature of formal and informal settings
The formal settings are mainly within the organization building networks in presentations and meetings with
team and in professional contact. The informal settings are between small groups having gossip and personal
talk with peers and friends.
Challenges of English pragmatic learners
Misinterpretation of English vocabulary
Spread of unnecessary of rumor
Improper body gestures
Listening barriers to communication be it physical, mental or external
Needs of English pragmatic learners
Vocabulary relatedness in terms of social context
Decoding of signals and gestures
Strategies to help English Learners
Better communicational channel
Proper feedback system
No biasness in communication
Maintained proper use of gestures and signs
Relationships of pragmatics to the social functions of language
a. Inform – The non-verbal language inform the two parties in the communication channel with the help of
symbols and gestures in terms of culture, setting and the intent of the message.
b. Persuade – The pragmatic language helps in persuading the opposite party of the communication through the
cognitive decoding of the symbols and gestures. The language style and the use of verbs, adjectives with
sentence structure sets the persuading element in message.
c. Amuse – The pragmatic language also sets amusement between the sender and receiver. The kinetics and the
various non-verbal elements like the smile, eye movements, hand postures with the writing of message writing
sets the tone for interesting conversation with clarity in message sending process.
d. Control –The sender has to encode the symbols, gestures and message content controlling it with time and
quality to the receiver. The tone of writing and language vocabulary as per the social context is framed properly.
Figure: Pragmatic communication structure
Image source: https://corkenglishcollege.wordpress.com/2015/06/15/the-importance-of-developing-pragmatic-
competence-in-the-efl-classroom/

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Reflection of Analysis
The first strategy should be the proper feedback system where the receiver should be
able to give feedback to the sender after decoding the message. The lack of feedback by the
receiver to the sender with the noise in the mid of the communication channel wither through
mental barriers like no interest or shyness in the way of communication. Certain difficulties
like fault in opening up with the social community outside can restrict the feedback channel.
The feedback should be communicated openly through either written or oral medium. The
second strategy can be no biasness in communication which can be through either intentional
way of no usage of proper grammatical structure or lack of respect for the receiver of the
message who may be from the other caste, gender or other social setting from a diverse
region. The diverse linguistic vocabulary and the symbols should be kept into consideration
while communicating. The third strategy should be maintenance of proper use of gestures and
signs along with the proper setting in which it should be conveyed. The unusual setting be it
in a formal setting like presentation will not entertain improper gestures or in a small team
will not like formal talks. The communication setting is important to convey the pragmatic
communication.

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Bibliography
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theory of mind in pragmatic language competence in children with autistic spectrum
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Seyfarth, R. M., & Cheney, D. L. (2017). Precursors to language: Social cognition and
pragmatic inference in primates. Psychonomic bulletin & review, 24(1), 79-84.
Young, E. H., & West, R. E. (2018). Speaking practice outside the classroom: A literature
review of asynchronous multimedia-based oral communication in language
learning. The EuroCALL Review, 26(1), 59-78.