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arthuro00
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pragmatic sentense
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hi! everybody
my name is carlos
and iam a student
i have a subject call pragmatic and semantic
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i did a test and it has 2 pragmatic sentences
and i want to know what is the pragmatic meaning in this sentences
first
A Roman medical doctor problem himself a:
specialist in women and other diseases.
i responded in my test that the doctor is a specialist in medical diseases related with the women
and my teacher said that it means that the women are diseases.
second
The sign at the concierge �s desk in an Athen �s hotel reads:
if you consider our help impolite, you should see the manager.
and for this i responded that if a person in this hotel has a problem and it can not resolve by the service person, he / she sould say to manager about it.
and my teacher say that the manager is more impolite that the service person.
and i want to know what do you understand in these pragmatic sentences
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25 Nov 2009
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ksalomao
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In the first case your teacher is totally right. The use of the conjunction "and" adds ideas which complement each other.
Therefore, this statement can be easily understood the way your professor explained.
So, it would be better something like:
"A Roman medical doctor problem himself a:
specialist in women �s diseases and other diseases."
The second one, I believe that it might depend on the intonation as well. But, I really agree with your teacher once again. To avoid ambiguidies maybe the sentence should be clearer, such as:
"If you consider our help impolite, you should file a complaint to our manager"
I guess it would avoid misunderstandings.
That �s my opinion, but I am not saying I am right though.
=D
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25 Nov 2009
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MarionG
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I thought this site was not meant for students....
I like to see it as an equivalent of a teacher �s room where teachers can talk and change ideas, joke and bitch, find inspiration etc. without students listening ...... |
25 Nov 2009
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dennismychina
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In both cases your teacher is correct. It�s a play on words.
Like;� All water in this establishment is passed by the management�. Mmmmm
In women and other diseases, tells me that the women are also a diseases
And secondly it means that if you think I�m impolite you should see how impolite my manager is.
Enjoy.
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25 Nov 2009
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donapeter
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TRY this site: ( if the sentences are not taken from that site !!!!)
Carlos, why do you call yourself Arturo in the brief description next to your avatar?
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25 Nov 2009
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cheezels
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http://www.usingenglish.com/forum
Hi there! As a student you might find this link really useful...
You sign up (free) and you can find your answers to all sorts of English problems!
I know that I have used it before and have been really impressed with the responses that I received.
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25 Nov 2009
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HARIM
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Yes Carlos,
For the first sentence other is a presupposition trigger meaning that the speaker has already mentioned another disease prior to that trigger.Take this example:
"X is another sport". the word"another" means that the word before it is a sport too.
For the second sentence,I think the "s"possessive is missing.
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25 Nov 2009
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