The course covers the key issues in contemporary pragmatic linguistics: reference and deixis, speech behaviour (speech acts, implicatures, conversational logic) as well as elements of conversational analysis. The goal of the course is to present students with an overview of the most important topics in current pragmatic linguistics. The texts to deal with will be both in Czech and in English.
Aim of the course
Last update: Mgr. Petr Svoboda (28.04.2021)
The goal of the course is to present students with an overview of the most important topics in current pragmatic linguistics. The texts to deal with will be both in Czech and in English.
Descriptors - Czech
Last update: PhDr. Radka Holanová, Ph.D. (07.02.2022)
studijní zátěž:
Doba očekávané přípravy na 1 cvičení
30 minut
Samostudium literatury (za semestr)
17 hodin
Práce se studijními materiály (za semestr)
10 hodin
Plnění průběžných úkolů (za semestr)
10 hodin
Příprava na zkoušku a zkouška
15 hodin
Literature
Last update: Mgr. Petr Svoboda (28.04.2021)
Mey, J. (1993): Pragmatics. Oxford and Cambridge: Blackwell
Mey, J. - Brown, K. (1998): Concise Encyclopedia of Pragmatics. Oxford, UK: Elsevier
Culpeper, J. - Haugh, M. (2014): Pragmatics and the English language. London: RED GLOBE PRESS
Leech, J. (2014): The Pragmatics of politeness. Oxford and New York: Oxfor University Press
Hirschová, M. (2013): Pragmatika v češtině. Praha: Karolinum
Course completion requirements
Last update: Mgr. Petr Svoboda (28.04.2021)
The course will be completed with students´ short essay (analysis of a text) aimed at certain pragmalinguistic properties dealt with during the semester.
