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Glossary Definition of word.
pragmatic cueing system
The pragmatic cueing system is one of the main four language cueing systems. This technique is based upon the practical purpose motivating the writer and/or the reader. Furthermore, pragmatic cues hinge the meaning of what was said based upon the social standings of the writer and the audience and upon the social setting in which the message was communicated.
Readers with highly varied and developed social skills excel in detecting pragmatic cues. (See reader's background knowledge.) Those who are socially rounded understand that language is modified to immediate conditions and audiences. (For example, a parent's corrections to a toddler sounds very different than a military drill sergeant's corrections to a private.)
The pragmatic cueing system leans upon detecting and appreciating motives, tones, and situational nuances; therefore, pragmatic cues are subtle to young readers, who are limited in complex and varied real-world experiences.
Reading of situations in the Bible is lost on some modern Western readers due to our cultural differences. For example, most Westerners do not initially grasp the scandalous image to which Jesus, as a Jewish man, subjected himself by conversing privately with the Samaritan woman at the well (Jn. 4:6-28).
The cultural context of the writing and the author's intent become very important to the pragmatic cueing system. The pragmatic cueing system considers the appropriate tone that accompanies each literary genre.
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