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Pragmatics and Discourse - OPNA3A021A
Title: Pragmatika
Guaranteed by: Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury (41-KAJL)
Faculty: Faculty of Education
Actual: from 2021
Semester: summer
E-Credits: 3
Examination process: summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:1/1, Ex [HT]
Extent per academic year: 0 [hours]
Capacity: 10 / 30 (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Teaching methods: full-time
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
Guarantor: doc. PhDr. Renata Pípalová, CSc.
Teacher(s): doc. PhDr. Renata Pípalová, CSc.
Pre-requisite : OPNA3A011A
Is incompatible with: OKNZ1A047B, OPNZ1A047B
Is pre-requisite for: OPNA3A043A, OPNA3A042A, OPNA3A041A, OPNA3A004C
Annotation -
Last update: doc. PhDr. Renata Pípalová, CSc. (31.01.2022)
The module develops the knowledge and skills gained in the prerequisites and induces deeper understanding of a comprehensive communicative frame, setting the speech event in diverse broader contextual parameters. The course addresses chiefly the core topics of pragmatic analysis, including various approaches to conversation and discourse analysis. Topics: 1. Introduction. Basic concepts 2. Conspicuous features of spoken discourse 3. Approaches to conversation 1 4. Approaches to conversation 2 5. Pragmatic (and semantic) presuppositions 6. Speech acts 7. Pragmatic principles 1 8. Pragmatic principles 2 9. Deixis 10. Review; comprehensive analysis of a sample
Descriptors -
Last update: doc. PhDr. Renata Pípalová, CSc. (22.01.2023)

self-study of literature (14 hours),

working with study materials (10 hours),

assignments (15 hours),

preparation for the exam and passing the exam (15 hours)
Literature -
Last update: doc. PhDr. Renata Pípalová, CSc. (31.01.2022)

BIRNER, Betty. Introduction to Pragmatics. Malden, Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2013. ISBN 978-1405175838.

BROWN, Penelope, LEVINSON, Stephen C. Politeness. Some Universals of Language Usage. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987. ISBN 978-0521313551.

LEECH, Geoffrey. Principles of Pragmatics. London: Longman, 1983. ISBN 0-582-55110-2.

HIRSCHOVÁ, Milada. Pragmatika v češtině. 2.vydání. Praha: Karolinum, 2013. ISBN 978-80-246-2233-0.

HUANG, Yan. Pragmatika. Praha: Karolinum, 2019. ISBN 978-80-246-3337-4.

MACHOVÁ, Svatava, ŠVEHLOVÁ, Milena. Sémantika & pragmatická lingvistika. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, PEDF. 2001. ISBN 80-7290-061-7.

PALTRIDGE, Brian. Discourse Analysis: An Introduction. 2nd ed. London: Blomsbury Academic, 2012. ISBN 978-1441167620.

TSUI, Amy. English Conversation. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. ISBN 0194371433.

WIDDOWSON, Henry G. Discourse analysis. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2007. ISBN 978 O 19 4389211.

WOOFITT, Robin. Conversation Analysis and Discourse Analysis. London: Sage. 2005. ISBN 0-7619-7426-1.

YULE, George. Pragmatics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. 978-0194372077.
Syllabus
Last update: doc. PhDr. Renata Pípalová, CSc. (05.02.2024)

 

PRAGMATICS 2024 – SYLLABUS

Notation:

RL – regular lecture (8:00-8:45)

CL – compensation lecture (for the teaching practice) (7:15-8:00) odd weeks

RS – regular seminar 8:55-9:40/ 9:50-10:35

CS – compensation seminar (for the teaching practice) 7:15-8:00/10:45-11:30 even weeks

1. 29/2/24 (CL): INTRODUCTION TO PRAGMATICS; key concepts; (RL+RS): WRITTEN VS. SPOKEN DISCOURSE. FEATURES OF ORALITY AND LITERACY.  

2. 7/3/24 (CS): Course organization and requirements; (RL+RS): APPROACHES TO CONVERSATION I. READING ASSIGNMENT: Yule/1; moodle PRAG 1.1; PRAG 1.2; PRAG 1.3;

3. 14/3/23 (CL+RS): APPROACHES TO CONVERSATION II; READING ASSIGNMENT: moodle PRAG 2.1; PRAG 2.2.; PRAG.2.3; PRAG 2.4 ; (RL): PRAGMATIC (AND SEMANTIC) PRESUPPOSITIONS: READING ASSIGNMENT: Yule/ 4; moodle PRAG 3.1

18/3-12/4 TEACHING PRACTICE – NO CLASSES

4. 18/4/24 (CS): PRAGMATIC (AND SEMANTIC) PRESUPPOSITIONS: READING ASSIGNMENT: Yule/ 4; moodle PRAG 3.1 (RL+S): SPEECH ACTS: READING ASSIGNMENT moodle PRAG 4.1; PRAG 4.2

5. 25/4/24 (CL): Minitest I. DEIXIS. moodle: PRAG. 7.1; PRAG.7.2; PRAG.7.3 (RL+RS): PRAGMATIC PRINCIPLES I. COOPERATIVE PRINCIPLE AND RELATED ISSUES. READING ASSIGNMENT: Yule/5; moodle 5.1

6. 2/5/25 (CS): DEIXIS. moodle: PRAG. 7.1; PRAG.7.2; PRAG.7.3; (RL+RS): PRAGMATIC PRINCIPLES II. POLITENESS PRINCIPLE; APPROACHES TO POLITENESS;

7. 9/5/24 (CL): Minitest II. (CL+RS): OTHER PRAGMATIC PRINCIPLES: READING ASSIGNMENT moodle PRAG 6.1.; PRAG 6.2; (RL): (MIS)COMMUNICATION, MANIPULATION. moodle: PRAG. 5.2; PRAG.5.3; PRAG 6.3

8. 16/5/24 (CS): (MIS)COMMUNICATION, MANIPULATION (RL+S): REVIEW

 

Note: underlined sources are mandatory.
Course completion requirements -
Last update: doc. PhDr. Renata Pípalová, CSc. (27.01.2024)

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

- regular attendance (up to two seminars may be missed)

- active participation in seminar activities

- regular reading of secondary sources and self-study, inclusing the sources in moodle

- turning in of the portfolio profiling the candidate´s work throughout the course; the portfolio features the answers to the reading-related tasks for individual topics in moodle; the instructions will be provided in the first seminar

MINITESTS  The 7:15 compensation lectures on 25/4 and 9/5 will see optional motivating minitesting. Minitests are voluntary theoretical or practical-analytical tasks on material covered up until the particular seminar. The overall results in minitests profiles the student´s work over the semester. For each excellent result in a minitest (100%), the student gains 2 pts by which their overal exam result will be boosted. For results between 60-90%, they gain 1pt.

EXAM is designed to verify factual theoretical knowledge gained in Pragmatics, as well as its prerequisite, i.e., Text Linguistics and Stylistics.

It consists of two parts of equal value (max 30pts each), both held on the same day. However, the success in the theoretical part (a minimum of 15pts) represents a prerequisite for taking the practical (analytical) part. Therefore, failure in the theoretical part (less than 15pts) means the candidate failed all the exam and has to resit it. For a successful completion of the entire exam, the requirement is set at 40pts/60pts. Each candidate can take the exam three times during the same exam period. If a candidate chooses not to sign up for the exam dates registered in the SIS, they will not be offered any extra dates later in the exam period.

The theoretical part verifies the candidate´s theoretical familiarity with the terms, concepts and issues covered in the course. The analytical part represents a comprehensive analysis of an unfamiliar sample from the standpoint of the topics covered in the course and the candidate´s readings.

A student may take the written exam as long as they completed successfully all the seminar requirements (adequate attendance, active participation in seminars, portfolio at satisfactory level submitted by a stipulated deadline, i.e., final seminar). It should be noted that in the exam the candidate demonstrates their knowledge and skills gained in the course of Pragmatics as well as its prerequisite, i.e., Text Linguistics and Stylistics.

Very good and excellent performers (grades A and B) do not take the oral exam. Candidates with weaker results in the written parts (40-43 pts overall) will also take the oral exam. (In borderline cases the seminar activity throughout the course and the standard of the portfolio will be also taken account of.) The oral exam may be either theoretical or practical, depending on whether the candidate´s result was weaker  in the teoretical or practical part of the written exam. Each student has three attempts  (i.e., two resits in all). The candidate´s proficiency represents an integral part of the assessment.

Feedback for all written work throughout the course is provided to students on their initiative (by email) in office time.
 
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