The main goal of this course is to introduce students to the basic concepts of linguistic pragmatics. Pragmatics is an area of linguistics which studies how language is used to convey meaning in a variety of communicative situations. At the end of this course, students will have a better understanding of how people use expressions in order to communicate with each other in different ways.
授業概要
This course will give an overview of key concepts in pragmatics. It will introduce students to examples of pragmatic meaning at the sentence level (entailment and presupposition), pragmatic meaning in conversation (the cooperative principle, speech acts, politeness), and pragmatics in society (language and gender). Students will learn basic concepts, participate in online discussions on topics relating to pragmatics in everyday society, and prepare academic summaries of research in pragmatics. Through this course, students will further develop their skills in academic reading and writing.
テキスト
Jean Stillwell Peccei, Pragmatics, Routledge.
参考文献・課題図書
Lecture handouts will be distributed and selected articles will be available for supplementary reading on the course website.
受講生への要望
Students should make sure to complete all required assignments, keep up with assigned readings, and attend all classes.
評価方法
Attendance, midterm and final exam, online discussion, assignments.
授業計画
１．Introduction/What is Pragmatics? ２．Entailment ３．Entailment 2 ４．Presupposition ５．Presupposition 2 ６．Co-operative Principle ７．Midterm Exam ８．Speech Acts ９．Speech Acts 2 10．Politeness 11．Politeness 2 12．Pragmatics and Gender 13．Pragmatics and Gender 2 14．Review for Final Exam 15．Final Exam
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