AJ52012 Topics in Linguistics: Pragmatics

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Ludmila Urbanová, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Robert Hanč (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Timetable
Fri 15:00–16:35 G31
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 to provide information and application of pragmatic principles and their manifestation in spoken and written discourse. At the same time, the study of interactive meaning covers discourse markers and other means of expressing mutuality such as phatic communion and small talk. At the end of the course students should be able to: understand and explain basic pragmatic concepts such as implicature, cooperative principle, indirectness, politeness principle, speech acts, etc., and analyze both spoken and written texts, applying these concepts.
Syllabus
  • Pragmatics and Semantics
  • Implicature
  • Cooperative Principle
  • Indirectness
  • Theories of Politeness
  • Speech Acts
  • Conversaion Analysis
Literature
  • MEY, Jacob L. Pragmatics :an introduction. 2nd ed. Oxford: Blackwell, 2001, xiv, 392 s. ISBN 0-631-21131-4. 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
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussion, reading.
Assessment methods
Assessment: A test counting toward 45% of the grade, an essay counting toward 45% of the grade, participation in class discussion (10% of the grade). To get an A, a student has to score a minimum of 92%. To get a B, a student has to score a minimum of 84%. To get a C, a student has to score a minimum of 76%. To get a D, a student has to score a minimum of 68%. To get an E, a student has to score a minimum of 60%. A student who fails to score a minimum of 60% gets an F. Homework: pre-class and follow-up readings. Attendance: obligatory.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 5x2.
Teacher's information
http://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf/course/view.php?id=2600
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007, Autumn 2011.
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