Course information |
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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 |
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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 |
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Semester |
Autumn 2018 |
Requirements |
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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. |