CJBB66 Pragmatics

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
prof. Mgr. Pavel Kosek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Radim Lacina, B.A., M.Sc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Mgr. Pavel Kosek, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Bc. Silvie Hulewicz, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
Proficiency in academic English
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
In this course, we will discuss pragmatics - that is, the field dealing with the extension of literal meaning within context. The course is mainly devoted to the theory of speech acts, implicatures, relevance theory, questions of reference, irony and metaphors. Part of the course will also be devoted to the experimental investigation of pragmatics.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student will be able to:
- describe the position of pragmatics as a linguistic discipline;
- understand the theories of pragmatics and basic problems and phenomena
- understand the experimental investigation of pragmatics.
Syllabus
  • 1. The place of pragmatics within language
  • 2. Implicatures and Gricean theory
  • 3. Theory and other theoretical explanations
  • 3. Speech acts
  • 4. Metaphor
  • 5. Politeness, irony
  • 6. Experimental investigation of pragmatics
Teaching methods
Lecture, class discussion, reading
Assessment methods
Final test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught: every other week.
General note: Kontaktní výuka (2 s) probíhá jednou za dva týdny. V liché týdny probíhá výuka (2 s) bezkontaktně (elektronicky).
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023.
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