Course information

Title

Cross-cultural pragmatics (lecture)

Lecturer

Thomas A. Williams

Course code

YSE_BTK011-00582

Credit

4

Location

TBA

Time

Tues., 8-10a.m.

Course description

Short description

The course presents a review of two culture-related areas in sociopragmatic research: cross-cultural pragmatics, which deals with differences in verbal behavior across languages and cultures, and intercultural pragmatics, which examines actual communication between speakers of different languages and cultures. The course presents empirical research in both areas, reviews different explanatory frameworks used to account for the observed differences, and addresses methodological issues related to these two subfields of pragmatics.

Schedule

Semester

Autumn 2018

Requirements

Requirements to get the grade

Written final examination

Reading list

Spencer-Oatey, Helen (Ed.), 2008, Culturally speaking. Culture, Communication and Politeness Theory, London: Continuum.

Suggested reading list

Spencer-Oatey, Helen and Peter Franklin, 2009, Intercultural Interaction. A Multidisciplinary Approach to Intercultural Communication. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Kotthoff Helga, and Helen Spencer-Oatey (Eds.), 2007. Handbook of Intercultural Communication, Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter.

Neuliep, James W., 2009, Intercultural Communication. A Contextual Approach. Los Angeles/London: Sage.