Introduction to Pragmatics - OEBCC1702Z

• Title: Introduction to Pragmatics
• Guaranteed by: Katedra českého jazyka (41-KCJ)
• Faculty: Faculty of Education
• Actual: from 2022
• Semester: both
• E-Credits: 5
• Hours per week, examination: 0/1, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: winter:unknown / 0 (unknown); summer:unknown / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: enabled for web enrollment; priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan; can be fulfilled in the future; you can enroll for the course in winter and in summer semester
• Guarantor: doc. PhDr. Pavla Chejnová, Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): doc. PhDr. Pavla Chejnová, Ph.D.
• Class: Předměty v angličtině - bc.

Annotation

English

Pragmatics as a linguistic discipline. Linguistic turn, positive and negative face, implicature, presupposition, speech acts, cooperative and politeness principle, manipulative communication. Development of pragmatic skills.

Last update: Chejnová Pavla, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (15.01.2025)

Czech

Kurz bude zaměřen na ucelený popis pragmatiky jako lingvistické disciplíny. Z teoretických východisek bude zmíněn obrat k jazyku, vysvětlena bude terminologie (pojmy negativní a pozitivní tvář, implikatura, presupozice aj.) a metodologická východiska (teorie mluvních aktů, kooperační a zdvořilostní princip komunikace, manipulativní komunikace atd.). Zaměření kurzu bude zčásti také praktické, vztažené k rozvoji osobních pragmaticko-komunikačních dovedností.

Last update: Chejnová Pavla, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (15.01.2025)

Descriptors

no previous knowledge required

 

Moodle course: https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=15201

Last update: Chejnová Pavla, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (15.01.2025)

Literature

Hickey, L.; Stewart, M. (eds.) Politeness in Europe. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters, 2005.

Watts, J.R.; Ide, S.; Ehlich, K. (eds.). Politeness in Language. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1992.

Bousfield, D.; Locher, M. A. (eds.) Impolitness in language. Studies on its Interplay with Power in Theory and Practice. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 2008.

GRICE, P. Logic and Conversation. In Cole, P.; Morgan, J. (eds) Syntax and Semantics, 1975, vol. 3 (Speech Acts).  New York: Academic Press, s. 41 - 58.

HOFSTEDE, G. Cultural dimensions [online] c 2009, dostupné z  http://www.geert-hofstede.com/

HOFSTEDE, G. Culture's Consequences: Comparing Values, Behaviors, Institutions and Organizations Across Nations. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2001.

JAKUBOWSKA, E. Cross-cultural Dimensions of Politeness in the Case of Polish and English. Katowice: Wydawnictwo uniwersytetu slaskiego, 1999.

LAKOFF, R. Language and Women´s Place. New York: Harper, 1975.

LAKOFF, R. The Logic of Politeness: or, minding your p´s and q´s. In Papers from the Ninth Regional Meeting of the Chicago Language Society.Chicago: Chicago Lingusitic Society, 1973, s. 295 - 305.

LAKOFF, R. Civility and its discontents Or, getting in your face. In Lakoff, R.; Ide S. (eds.) Broadening the horizon of linguistic politeness. Philadelphia, PA: John Benjamins Publishing, 2005, s. 23 - 43. 

 LEECH, G. Explorations in semantics and pragmatics. Amsterdam: Benjamins, 1980.

 LEECH, G. Principles of Pragmatics. Oxford: Longman, 1983.

 LEVINSON, S. C. Pragmatics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983.

MORRIS, D. Manwatching. A field guide to human behaviour. Oxford: Elsevier,  1977.

YULE, G. Pragmatics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996.

Last update: Chejnová Pavla, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (15.01.2025)

Requirements to the exam

Requirements (will be specified during the course):

1) pragmatic analysis of the text

2) presentation of the topic chosen by the student

3) attendance

Last update: Chejnová Pavla, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (15.01.2025)

Syllabus

1) Linguistic turn. Interdisciplinarity, origins of pragmatics in philosophy. Topics of pragmatics. Definition of pragmatics. Prominent representatives and the most influential works. Pragmatics and its role in modern linguistics. Importance of pragmatic skills in communication.

2) Pragmatic analysis of the text. Situational and contextual factors. The intention of the writer/speaker. Analysis of linguistic and nonverbal aspects (phonetics, graphics, prosody, gestures, mimics, lexis, morphology and syntax, text linguistics). Interpretation of the addressee.

3) Speech acts. J. L. Austin, John Searle. Constatives and performatives. Parts of a speech act. Types of speech acts (declaratives, assertives, expressives, directives, commissives). Criticism of the theory. Speech acts analysis in contemporary linguistics. Most researched speech acts (requests, apologies, compliments).

4) Paul Grice and his Cooperative principle. Maxims and their violation. Presupposition and implicature.  Indirect speech acts. Maxim of quality, quantity, relevance and manner. Form and content of the utterance. Possibility of following the maxim in real communication.

5) Geoffrey Leech and his Politeness principle. The universality of politeness. Face in politeness theories. Goffman’s concept of face. Positive and negative face in Brown and Levinson’s politeness theory—relation between politeness principle and cooperative principle.

6) Manipulative principle. Manipulation versus argumentation. Positive versus negative manipulation. Verbal and non-verbal manipulation. Latin classification of fallacies. Argumentation and rem x argumentation ad hominem. Types of manipulative personalities. Types of manipulative strategies. Assertiveness. Contra-manipulative strategies.

 

Last update: Chejnová Pavla, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (15.01.2025)