PROPOSITION

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PROPOSITION

UTTERANCE

I warn you that evenings may be very cold in Scotland

PRAGMATIC COMPONENT THEME RHEME

Deictic elements (markers of person, space and time), as shown on the scheme, are parts of both pragmatic component and components of the proposition, while elements of modal and evaluative components may be only parts of the proposition. In other words, pragmalinguistics assumes that modality and evaluation cannot be parts of the pragmatic component and that words must, strongly or настійно in phrases like I must warn you that…; We stronglyrecommend you that… ; Ми настійновам рекомендуємо, щоб ви ... are emotional intensifiers but not markers of modality or evaluation.

Perception of the rhematic components of messages allows the interpreter to understand the meaning of the messages as well as their modality and evaluation of facts and events by the speaker. Failure to do this leads to serious mistakes and distortions in interpreting.

Consider Text 4.1 (please, listen to the phonogram) in which the speaker indistinctly pronounces the rhematic element parity (рівні права, паритет), although it is repeated further on in the speech, and the surrounding words. Failure to “hear” and to interpret this element may lead to considerable distortions and even failure to interpret the ongoing utterances where the speaker talks about the struggle of women for their rights. Another important rhematic element, though also not very clearly pronounced, is down and out of the way (усунений, знятий). It presupposes further argumentation of the speaker and it is essential that it should be properly rendered.