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Lecturer(s)
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Huschová Petra, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Hornová Libuše, doc. PhDr.
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Course content
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Pragmatics: aims, basic concepts; pragmatic meaning vs. semantic meaning. Interface between grammar, semantics and pragmatics. Deixis and reference: personal, temporal, spatial, discourse, social deixis. Speech act theory: locutionary, illocutionary and perlocutionary force. Austin's and Searle's classifications of speech acts; direct and indirect speech acts. Performatives; felicity conditions. Presupposition. Conventional and conversational implicature. Grice's Cooperative Principle and Conversational Maxims. Sperber and Wilson's Relevance Theory. Politeness Principle and Politeness Maxims. Positive and negative politeness. Conversation analysis. Pragmatic markers in face-to-face conversation. Vagueness and indirectness in authentic conversation.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Methods of individual activities
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to introduce basic pragmatic principles and approaches to pragmatic analysis; to focus on the position of pragmatics as a linguistic discipline with regard to semantics and grammar; and to study the differences between general grammatical rules and their application in a particular communicative situation. The course concentrates on differences between semantic and pragmatic meaning, deixis, speech acts, relevance theory, implicit meaning, conversational maxims, politeness theories, and conversation analysis.
Students will be able to differentiate between semantic and pragmatic meaning. They will be able to understand and explain basic pragmatic concepts and apply them when analysing authentic written texts and spoken utterances as well as in their own production.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written examination, Home assignment evaluation
active participation in seminars (only 2 seminars can be missed) analysis of an authentic English text final written exam
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Recommended literature
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ARCHER, D., AIJMER, K. and WICHMAN, A. Pragmatics: an advanced resource book for students. Routledge, 2012.
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BLAKEMORE, D. Understanding Utterances : an introduction to pragmatics. Oxford: Blackwell, 1992.
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CRUSE, A. Meaning in Language : An Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.
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CULPEPER, J. and HAUGH, M. Pragmatics and the English Language. Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
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CUTTING, J. Pragmatics: a resource book for students. Routledge, 2015.
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GRUNDY, P. Doing Pragmatics. London: Hodder Education, 2008.
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LEECH, G. Principles of Pragmatics. London: Longman, 1989.
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LEECH, G. The Pragmatics of Politeness. Oxford University Press, 2014.
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LEVINSON, S.C. Pragmatics. Cambridge University Press, 1983.
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MEY, J. L. Concise Encyclopedia of Pragmatics. Oxford: Elsevier, 2009.
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SENFT, G. Understanding Pragmatics. London/New York: Routledge, 2014.
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THOMAS, J. Meaning in Interaction : an introduction to pragmatics. Harlow: Pearson Education, 1995.
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YULE, G. Pragmatics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996.
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