DCJDR_APR2 Pragmalinguistics II

Faculty of Education
autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Káňa, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Renata Povolná, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Věra Janíková, Ph.D.
Department of German Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Jana Chocholatá, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of German Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites
DCJDR_APR1 Pragmalinguistics I
The course labelled Pragmalinguistics can be taken by any doctoral student.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is the acquiring of the most important issues from the area of pragmalinguistics, which, unlike syntax and semantics, takes into consideration the users of a particular language and the entire situational context, which determines a given communicative situation, including the behaviour of the discourse participants. Apart from that the students in the course are expected to be able to apply their knowledge from the study of pragmalinguistics and other related branches of linguistics studies in their own teaching professions.
Learning outcomes
The students know the linguistic terms and concepts from the study of pragmalinguistics and are able to explain them while using concrete language examples and showing how these can be applied in contact teaching. They are also able to apply the knowledge acquired in the course both in their future PhD works and in the teaching of learners of English who might have different levels of language proficiency and even specific needs.
Syllabus
  • The course of Pragmalinguistics is a core subject of the linguistic section and presents an indispensable starting point for the understanding of contemporary didactic trends. The course objective is to gain basic knowledge of pragmalinguistics, i.e. a linguistic field which unlike syntax or semantics, takes into consideration the users of the language and the whole situational context which both determine a given communicative situation. Doctoral students are taught to be able to apply newly gained theoretical knowledge in their own research when writing their PhD dissertations. Topics to be covered: Relationship between pragmalinguistics and other linguistic disciplines, syntax and semantics in particular. Deixis and deictic expressions and their manifestation in the language system. Spacial, time, personal and social deixis. Reference and inference. Presupposition. Types of presupposition. Conversational and conventional implicatures and their types. Principals of successful cooperation and Grice's conversational maxims. Cooperative Principle. Politeness Principle. Theory of speech acts. Direct and indirect speech acts. Politeness and interaction. Conversation and preference structures. Conversational style and its analysis. Cultural schémata and pragmatic accent. Discourse and culture.
Literature
    required literature
  • HIRSCHOVÁ, Milada. Pragmatika v češtině. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2006, 243 s. ISBN 8024412837. info
  • YULE, George. Pragmatics. First published. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996, xiv, 138. ISBN 0194372073. info
  • THOMAS, Jenny. Meaning in interaction : an introduction to pragmatics. Harlow: Longman, 1995, xii, 224. ISBN 0582291518. info
    recommended literature
  • Brown, G., Yule, G. Discourse Analysis (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,1983.
  • Key notions for pragmatics. Edited by Jef Verschueren - Jan-Ola èOstman. Philadelphia, PA: John Benjamins Pub. Company, 2009, xii, 253 p. ISBN 9789027207784. info
  • POVOLNÁ, Renata. Mood-link-a. Pragmatics (linguistics course). Brno: Pedagogická fakulta MU, 2005. URL info
  • MEY, Jacob L. Pragmatics : an introduction. 2nd ed. Oxford: Blackwell, 2001, xiv, 392. ISBN 0631211322. info
  • PECCEI, Jean Stilwell. Pragmatics. London: Routledge, 1999, ix, 96. ISBN 0415205239. info
  • MCCARTHY, Michael. Discourse analysis for language teachers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991, x, 213. ISBN 0521367468. info
  • LEECH, Geoffrey N. Principles of pragmatics. First published. New York: Longman, 1983, xii, 250. ISBN 0582551102. info
    not specified
  • Wagner, K. (ed.) Pragmatik der deutschen Sprache. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2001.
  • Besch, W. (ed.) Duzen, Siezen, Titulieren :zur Anrede im Deutschen heute und gestern. Götingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1998.
  • Birkenbihl, V. F. Signale des Körpers (Körpersprache verstehen). München: mvg-verlag, 1994.
  • ERNST, Peter. Pragmalinguistik : Grundlagen, Anwendungen, Probleme. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2002, 210 s. ISBN 9783110170139. info
  • HOLLY, Werner. Einführung in die Pragmalinguistik : germanistische Fernstudienenheit. Berlin: Langenscheidt, 2001, 72 s. ISBN 3468495668. info
Teaching methods
lecture, class discussions, students presentations, each student two presentations, i.e. one closely related to the students' future PhD work and one associated with the application of pragmalinguistics issues in contact teaching
Assessment methods
Oral exam is based on the topics from the study of the most important notions from pragmalinguistics and includes a discussion on students' oral presentations, one related to their future PhD work and one associated with practical application of pragmalinguitics in contact teaching. Both presentations and relavant handouts must be submitted by doctoral students before taking the oral exam.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every other week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2021.
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