Course information |
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Title |
Sociopragmatics |
Lecturer |
Dr. Suszczynska Malgorzata |
Course code |
ANGMA_Socioprag-1 |
Credit |
5 |
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Course description |
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Short description |
Pragmatics is a user-oriented perspective on language. The course covers basic concepts that traditionally belong to the field, approaching them from a socio-pragmatic perspective and focusing on interactive, goal-oriented and strategic practices of language users. Thus, the course addresses selected theoretical issues such (speech act theory, Gricean pragmatics, models of linguistic politeness), reviews research methods, and overviews empirical work in the field (cross/intercultural pragmatics, variational pragmatics, pragmatics and gender, teaching pragmatics). The course ends in a written exam. |
Schedule |
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Semester |
2018/19/1 |
Requirements |
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Requirements to get the grade |
Requirements include regular attendance, active participation in classroom discussions based on reading assignments, one classroom presentation on a selected topic, and a final written assignment (a short literature review or a small research project). |
Reading list |
Senft, G., 2014, Understanding Pragmatics. New York: Routledge O’Keeffe, A., B. Clancy and S. Adolphs, 2011, Introducing pragmatics in Use, New York: Routledge Márquez Reiter, R. and M. E. Placencia, 2006, Spanish pragmatics, New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Thomas, J., 1995, Meaning in Interaction : an introduction to pragmatics, London, New York: Longman. |
Suggested reading list |
Verschueren, J., 1999, Understanding pragmatics, London: Edward Arnold. Leech, G.N., 1983, Principles of pragmatics, London: Longman. Levinson, S.C., 1983, Pragmatics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. |