Week 3-Pragmatic Perspective

Being someone who is highly competitive and also motivated by relationships I agree with how the pragmatic perspective can be considered patterned interaction. Anyone can recall conversations that they have throughout the day. In most productive situations the conversation most likely consisted of people taking turns in explaining what the subject of matter. In this pattern certain rules are established or understood. For example, many people do not like being interrupted when speaking about a topic. Once the initiator is done speaking, the person who was listening then responds to what was said. Finding the correct balance or pattern between each other can decide weather the conversation is productive or not. It can also be thought of as a game in a sense of playing offense and defense in certain situations. Often people encounter daily life problems that cause of interaction. For example, today I had to contact my banking to settle a with drawl dispute. I played offense by explaining my situation and the banker decided to be on my side by agreeing with me and crediting my account. He could have chosen to play defense and defend the mistake of the bank because they took too much money out of my account. People’s perspective and position can greatly effect how the pragmatic sequence occurs.  

Introduction

Hello all!

 

My name is Dominique Hunsucker and I am glad to have been recently added to this course. I am a communication studies major and currently in my fourth year here at san jose state university. After taking mulitple courses here I have realized that communication is definatly the major that fits me best. I am a student-athlete here and look forward to getting to know everyone in the class.