Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities

Empirical Pragmatics and Normativity Deficit: The Contribution of Universal Pragmatics to Foreign Language Education

Document Type : Original Research Paper

Authors

Nasser Taghavian 1
Yahya Ghaedi 1
Said Zarghami 1
Javad Gholami 2

1 Assistant Professor, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor, Urmia University, Tehran, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.7508/isih.2014.23.004
Abstract
In this article, on the basis of Habermas’ universal pragmatics, we have tried to indicate that empirical pragmatics in linguistics, suffers from ‘normativity deficit’ in the field of foreign language education. What we mean by ‘normativity deficit’, is the lack of normative resources required for judging the validity claims inherent in social interactions. Since agreement on the validity claims is fundamental for reaching mutual understanding and establishing linguistic communications, empirical-pragmatic approach, due to its ‘normativity deficit’ would not be able to give proper moral-educational thread to the field of foreign language education.

Keywords

Empirical Pragmatics
Universal Pragmatics
Normativity Deficit
Communicative Language Education
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Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities
Volume 6, Issue 3 - Serial Number 3
Summer 2014
Pages 77-116

  • Receive Date 31 December 2014

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