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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
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

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Annotation -

Last update: Mgr. Veronika Raušová, Ph.D. (22.09.2023)

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, entailment, the Cooperative Principle, maxims of conversation, implicatures, and politeness. The course will also acquaint students with contemporary studies exploring topics within pragmatics. <br>

Course completion requirements - Czech

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

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.

Literature -

Last update: Mgr. Veronika Raušová, Ph.D. (19.09.2023)

Essential literature

Thomas, J., Meaning in Interaction: An Introduction to Pragmatics, Longman,1995.

Yule, G., Pragmatics, Oxford UP, 1996.

Huang, Y., Pragmatics, Oxford University Press, 2007.

Brown, P., S.C. Levinson, Politeness. Some universals in language use, Cambridge UP, 1978.

Supplementary literature

Cruse, A., A Glossary of Semantics and Pragmatics, Edinburgh University Press, 2006.

Grundy, P., Doing Pragmatics, Arnold, 1995.

Levinson, Stephen C., Pragmatics, Cambridge University Press, 1983.

Verschueren, J., Understanding Pragmatics, Arnold, 1999.

Senft, G. Understanding Pragmatics Routledge. 2014.

Teaching methods -

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

seminar

Syllabus -

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

1. Introduction - defining pragmatics, meaning
2. Context
3. Deixis
4. Speech acts (Austin, Searle)
5. Conventional implicit meaning
6. Non-conventional implicit meaning (Grice)
7. Conversational implicature vs. conventional implicature; hedging
8. Non-observance of maxims, summary of indirectness
9. Later approaches to implicature (Horn, Levinson), Relevance theory (Sperber & Wilson)
10. Politeness theories (Brown & Levinson, Leech)
11. Politeness strategies – positive politeness, negative politeness
12. Final test (in class)