Pragmatics in Czech - OEBCC2105Z

• Title: Pragmatics in Czech
• Guaranteed by: Katedra českého jazyka (41-KCJ)
• Faculty: Faculty of Education
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: both
• E-Credits: 5
• Hours per week, examination: 1/1, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: winter:unknown / unknown (15); summer:unknown / unknown (15)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: yes
• Virtual mobility / capacity: yes / 15
• Key competences: 4EU+ Flagship 2, multilingualism
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: distance
• Is provided by: OEBCC1702Z
• Note: enabled for web enrollment; priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan; you can enroll for the course in winter and in summer semester
• Guarantor: doc. PhDr. Pavla Chejnová, Ph.D.

Annotation

The course briefly introduces pragmatics as a linguistic discipline. It is oriented towards pragmatics in Czech (e.g. politeness, positive and negative face and its manifestation in Czech, speech acts and their realization in Czech (requests, apologies, addressing), cooperative and politeness principle, manipulative communication. Development of pragmatic skills. Pragmatic analysis of the text. Learning outcomes, goals, aims: Students will learn to analyse the oral and written texts from the pragmatic point of view and they will develop their communicative and socipragmatic skills.

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

Descriptors

The course takes place online via ZOOM.

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

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

Course completion requirements

Active participation in the course; maximum 2 absences; written work based on student's interest. 

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

Requisites for virtual mobility

Students of linguistics but also students of other humanities are welcome.

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

Syllabus

1)     Pragmatics as a linguistic discipline. Linguistic turn. Topics of pragmatics.

2)     Pragmatic analysis of the text.

3)     Pragmatic principles – Cooperative principle (Grice).

4)     Pragmatic principles – Politeness principles (Leech, Lakoff).

5)     Face and Facework – Goffman, Brown and Levinson. Manifestation of face in Czech.

6)     Geert Hofstede – cultural dimensions and their manifestation in Czech culture.

7)     Politeness in Czech. Nominal addressing in Czech.

8)     Power and solidarity – T and V forms, pronominal addressing.

9)     Speech act theory (Austin, Searle).

10)  Speech acts in Czech (apologies, requests, levels of directness).

11)  Manipulative communication.

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

Entry requirements

Students of linguistics but also students of other humanities are welcome.

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