DCJDR_APR1 Pragmalinguistics I

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
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
The course labelled Pragmalinguistics 1 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 labelled Pragmalinguistics 1 is to introduce students into the study of pragmalinguistics, i.e. a linguistic discipline which views the language from the point of view of its user. In this respect the course will be contrasted especially with students previous knowledge of linguistics branches such as syntax and semantics. The course concentrates on the most important issues connected with the study of pragmalinguistics with the aim to make students acquainted with the possibilities how to encorporate their knowledge of pragmalinguistics into their future daily teaching profession.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to the study of pragmatics. 2. Deixis and distance. 3. Reference and inference. 4. Presupposition and entailment. 5. The cooperative principle. Conversational implicature. 6. Conventional implicature. 7. Conversation analysis. Features typical of spoken interaction. Types of conversational style. 8. Conversation and preference structure. 9. Speech acts and speech events. Performative hypothesis. 10. Direct and indirect speech acts. 11. Speech act classification. 12. Politeness and interaction. Positive and negative politeness. 13. Discourse and culture. Discourse analysis. 14. Revision and credits.
Literature
    required literature
  • YULE, George. Pragmatics. First published. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996, xiv, 138. ISBN 0194372073. info
  • YULE, George. The study of language [Yule, 1996]. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996, xiii, 294. ISBN 0-521-56851-X. info
    recommended literature
  • BROWN, Gillian and George YULE. Discourse analysis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998, xii, 288. ISBN 0521284759. info
  • THOMAS, Jenny. Meaning in interaction : an introduction to pragmatics. Harlow: Longman, 1995, xii, 224. ISBN 0582291518. info
Teaching methods
Mode of teaching: seminar The methods used in classes are presentations of new and problematic issues by the teacher, who provides students with some necessary theoretical background. This is always suplemented by many examples. Then, after discussing the given topic with their teacher, students are asked to prepare and simulate authentic conversational situations in which they are supposed to use structures and/or strategies under discussion. As for homework, students are supposed to study in advance relevant chapters from their textbooks and be ready for class discussions. Apart from that, students have to do various interactive moodle modules including quizzes designed particularly for their course.
Assessment methods
For getting credits, students must pass a test which consists of three topics, different for every student, taken from the subject matter studied during the term and an on-line multiple-choice moodle test in the middle of the term.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every other week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2025.
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