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Pragmatics - AAA500104
Title: Pragmatika
Guaranteed by: Department of the English Language and ELT Methodology (21-UAJD)
Faculty: Faculty of Arts
Actual: from 2022
Semester: winter
Points: 0
E-Credits: 5
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/2, C [HT]
Capacity: unknown / 15 (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Additional information: http://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=669
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: Mgr. Veronika Raušová, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): Mgr. Veronika Raušová, Ph.D.
Is pre-requisite for: AAA5PP104, AAA5ZK104
Annotation -
This introductory course in linguistic pragmatics explores the central topics and theories that underlie the study of how language functions in context. Students will gain an understanding of key concepts such as deixis, speech acts, presupposition, the Cooperative Principle, maxims of conversation, implicatures, and politeness. The course will also acquaint students with contemporary studies exploring topics within pragmatics. <br>

Last update: Raušová Veronika, Mgr., Ph.D. (11.05.2025)
Course completion requirements - Czech

Předmět je vyučován v anglickém jazyce.

Podmínkami pro získání zápočtu jsou:

  • Docházka. Povoleny jsou maximálně 3 absence za semestr
  • Prezentace vybraného článku na semináři.
  • Závěrečný test.

Last update: Raušová Veronika, Mgr., Ph.D. (03.10.2023)
Literature -

Required Reading

  • Thomas, J. (1995). Meaning in Interaction: An Introduction to Pragmatics. London: Longman.
  • Yule, G. (1996). Pragmatics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Huang, Y. (2nd ed., 2014). Pragmatics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Brown, P., & Levinson, S. C. (1987 [1978]). Politeness: Some Universals in Language Use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Recommended / Supplementary Reading

  • Austin, J. L. (1962). How to Do Things with Words. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  • Cruse, A. (2006). A Glossary of Semantics and Pragmatics. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
  • Cutting, J. (2002). Pragmatics and Discourse: A Resource Book for Students. London: Routledge.
  • Grice, H. P. (1975). Logic and Conversation. In P. Cole & J. L. Morgan (Eds.), Syntax and Semantics, Vol. 3: Speech Acts (pp. 41–58). New York: Academic Press.
  • Grundy, P. (3rd ed., 2008). Doing Pragmatics. London: Hodder Education.
  • Leech, G. (1983). Principles of Pragmatics. London: Longman.
  • Leech, G. (2014). The Pragmatics of Politeness. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Levinson, S. C. (1983). Pragmatics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Rühlemann, Ch. (2019). Corpus Linguistics for Pragmatics: A Guide for Research. London: Routledge.
  • Searle, J. R. (1969). Speech Acts: An Essay in the Philosophy of Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Sperber, D., & Wilson, D. (1995). Relevance: Communication and Cognition (2nd ed.). Oxford: Blackwell.
  • Verschueren, J. (1999). Understanding Pragmatics. London: Arnold.

Last update: Raušová Veronika, Mgr., Ph.D. (11.05.2025)
Teaching methods -

seminar

Last update: BRUHOVA/PEDF.CUNI.CZ (03.10.2010)
Syllabus -

  1. Introduction – defining pragmatics; the distinction between semantics and pragmatics; components of meaning according to Thomas (1995).
  2. Context and Meaning – types of context; the role of context in utterance interpretation/production.
  3. Deixis – types of deixis and their role in communication.
  4. Speech Act Theory – Austin (locution, illocution, perlocution); Searle (classification of speech acts); evaluating speech act success.
  5. Conventional Implicit Meaning – presupposition, logical entailment, conventional implicature; key properties and diagnostic tests.
  6. Non-conventional Implicit Meaning I – Grice’s Cooperative Principle; types of conversational maxims; differences between conventional and conversational implicature.
  7. Non-conventional Implicit Meaning II – conversational maxims and the emergence of implicature; hedging.
  8. Non-conventional Implicit Meaning III – non-observance of maxims; criticism of Grice’s approach.
  9. Later Approaches to Implicature – Horn (Q- and R-principles); Levinson (Q-, I-, M-principles); introduction to Relevance Theory (Sperber & Wilson).
  10. Introduction to Politeness Theories – Brown & Levinson (1987); Leech (1983, 2014); key concepts and factors influencing strategy selection.
  11. Positive Politeness Strategies – types and concrete linguistic realizations.
  12. Negative Politeness Strategies  – types and concrete linguistic realizations.

 

Last update: Raušová Veronika, Mgr., Ph.D. (11.05.2025)
 
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