RJs311 Pragmatics and Cognitive Linguistics

Faculty of Education
Spring 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/0/1. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Mgr. Simona Koryčánková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Mgr. Simona Koryčánková, Ph.D.
Department of Russian Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Helena Rytířová
Supplier department: Department of Russian Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites
Russian language at C1 + level
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
Learning outcomes of the course unit The aim of the course is to introduce students to modern disciplines dealing with speech and speech strategies (pragmatics) and models of the human mind and conceptualizing thinking (cognitive linguistics). Another aim of the course is to extend the language and intercultural competence of students.
Syllabus
  • 1. Pragmatics as a scientific discipline, relation to semantics and grammar. 2. Theory of speech acts. 3. Pragmatics in Russian. 4. Cognitive linguistics as a scientific discipline, the relationship between cognitive linguistics and culture. 5. The concept as a basic unit of thought. Dictionaries of concepts. 6. Concepts in Russian.
Literature
  • Formanovskaja, N. Речевое взаимодействие. Коммуникация и прагматика. 2007.ISBN 978-5-7974-0141-4.
  • HIRSCHOVÁ, Milada. Pragmatika v češtině. Vydání druhé, v Karolinu. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2013, 335 stran. ISBN 9788024622330. info
  • WATZLAWICK, Paul, Janet Beavin BAVELAS and Don D. JACKSON. Pragmatika lidské komunikace : interakční vzorce, patologie a paradoxy. Translated by Barbora Janečková - Zdeněk Vybíral. Druhé, revidované vydání. Brno: Newton Books, 2011, 283 stran. ISBN 9788087325001. info
Teaching methods
Lecture, practical examples, discussion.
Assessment methods
Attendance (80%), active participation in the discussion, final work.
Language of instruction
Russian
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2018, recent)
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