FF:AJ32051 Topics in Pragmatics & Sociol. - Course Information

AJ32051 Selected Topics in Pragmatics and Sociolinguistics

Extent and Intensity

0/0/0. 15 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

prof. Mgr. Jan Chovanec, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. Mgr. Jan Chovanec, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/15, only registered: 0/15

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives

This is a postgraduate course in pragmatics, the dominant research paradigm in modern linguistics. The course will argue that pragmatics is an approach to the contextual study of meaning rather than a narrowly constrained linguistic discipline or level of analysis.

Learning outcomes

After attending this course, students will be able to:
- appreciate the position of pragmatics as central discipline in modern linguistics
- understand the development of the discipline from its beginnings in language-oriented philosophy
- see how meaning is systematically generated and negotiated understand the macro-structural systems of meaning generation (e.g. speech acts) and the micro-structural phenomena that are used to realize meanings
- see the role of intent
- understand the process of meaning negotiation
appreciate how additional meanings are generated in utterances - see how the set-up of the speech event (the participation framework) affects meaning making
- apply the methodology of pragmatics to various data from diverse discourse domains.

Syllabus

• Pragmatics and context; pragmatics and linguistic structures; pragmatics and the generation of meaning; pragmatics and Goffman.

Literature

required literature
• VERSCHUEREN, Jef. Understanding pragmatics. 1st pub. London: Arnold, 1999, xiv, 295. ISBN 0340646241. info
• GOFFMAN, Erving. The presentation of self in everyday life. New York: Doubleday Anchor Books, 1959, xii, 259. info

not specified
• VERSCHUEREN, Jef. Ideology in language use : pragmatic guidelines for empirical research. First paperback edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013, xiv, 377. ISBN 9781107695900. info
• Pragmatics in practice. Edited by Jan-Ola Östman - Jef Verschueren. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2011, xi, 326. ISBN 9789027207869. info
• GOFFMAN, Erving. The presentation of self in everyday life. London: Penguin Books, 1990, 251 s. ISBN 0-14-013571-5. info

Teaching methods

seminar work, class discussion, class presentation

Assessment methods

active participation, attendance, reflection papers on compulsory readings, final essay

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: in blocks.
General note: Tento kurz je určen pouze studentům doktorského studia! This course is designated for PhD students ONLY!.

Information about innovation of course.

This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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