AJ12075 Introduction to Pragmatics

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2004
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Ludmila Urbanová, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Michaela Hrazdílková
Timetable
Wed 10:00–11:35 32
Prerequisites (in Czech)
AJ09999 Qualifying Examination
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 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course gives a concise survey of English language use and its interpretation on the basis of the speech act theory, the Cooperative Principle and the Politeness Principle, Grice's theory of implicature, irony and other interesting questions dealing with pragmatic meaning. The phenomena will be systematically studied through text analysis.
Syllabus
  • The course gives a concise survey of English language use and its interpretation on the basis of the speech act theory, the Cooperative Principle and the Politeness Principle, Grice's theory of implicature, irony and other interesting questions dealing with pragmatic meaning. The phenomena will be systematically studied through text analysis.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2002, Spring 2003.
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