Presupposition Essay

DIPLOMARBEIT

Titel der Diplomarbeit

“The pragmatic world of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll”
(„Die pragmatische Welt in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland von Lewis Carroll“)

Verfasserin

Valentina Gal

angestrebter akademischer Grad

Magistra der Philosophie (Mag. phil)

Wien, im Oktober 2008

Studienkennzahl lt. Studienblatt: Studienrichtung lt. Studienblatt: Betreuerin / Betreuer:

A 190 344 362 Lehramtsstudium, 1. Unterrichtsfach Englische Philologie Univ.-Prof. Dr. Barbara Kryk-Kastovsky

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Table of contents
List of tables........................................................................................................................................... v Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................................... vi

Introduction ................................................................................................................ 1

Part I Theoretical milestones: Essential pragmatic concepts .......... 5
1. Deixis....................................................................................................................... 5 1.1. Deixis in the framework of pragmatics .......................................................... 5 1.2. Uses and categories ........................................................................................ 7
1.2.1. Gestural vs. symbolic deictic uses................................................................... 7 1.2.2. Traditional deictic categories .......................................................................... 8 1.2.3. “Marginal” deictic categories.......................................................................... 9

1.3. Non-deictic use ............................................................................................. 13 2. Presupposition...