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Lecturer(s)
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Opletalová Veronika, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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The goal of the "Pragmatics" seminar is to familiarize students with the issues surrounding language use in various contexts, the distinction between literal and figurative meanings, and the topics of implications and presuppositions. Through readings of key texts in analytic philosophy (Austin, Searle, Grice)which also form the foundation of linguistic pragmaticsstudents will gain insight into speech act theory and the concept of conversational maxims. They will also examine phenomena at the intersection of semantics and pragmatics, using deixis as an example. 1) Language as Action 2) Communication Models and the Functions of Language 3) Constative and Performative Acts 4) Searle's Taxonomy of Illocutionary Roles 5) Communicative Verbs I 6) Communicative Verbs IIUsing Examples from Fantasy Texts 7) Application of Searle's taxonomy to other sign systems 8) Conversational maxims 9) Deixis as a phenomenon at the intersection of pragmatics and semantics 10) Problems in interpreting deixis 11) Taboousing examples from fantasy texts 12) Politeness; informal and formal address
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Methods of Written Work
- Attendace
- 26 hours per semester
- Homework for Teaching
- 2 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the seminar is to familiarize students with the issues surrounding language use in various contexts, the distinction between literal and figurative meanings, and the topics of implications and presuppositions. Through readings of key texts in analytic philosophy (Austin, Searle, Grice)which also form the foundation of linguistic pragmaticsstudents will gain insight into speech act theory and the concept of conversational maxims. They will also examine phenomena at the intersection of semantics and pragmatics, using deixis as an example.
The seminar aims at expanding students' knowledge of current topics in contemporary pragmatics. Students will become acquainted with reference literature concerning individual partial topics, they will be able to perform independent linguistic text analysis and apply their knowledge in their professional life. A special emphasis is laid on disciplines that have developed since the second half of the 20th century, after the so-called pragmatic turn.
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Prerequisites
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The seminar is intended for all students of the Palacký University with interest for linguistics.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Seminar Work
1) attendance at lectures (max. 3 absences) 2) a successful oral presentation 3) a short written seminar paper or an alternative assignment (e.g. preparing a final quiz, a popular science presentation)
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Recommended literature
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Bühler, Karl. (1965). Die Darstellungsfunktion der Sprache. Stuttgart.
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Bußmann, Hadumod. (2002). Lexikon der Sprachwissenschaft. Stuttgart.
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Glück, Helmut (Hrsg.). (1993). Metzler Lexikon Sprache. Stuttgart/Weimar.
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Judith Butler. Haß spricht. Zur Politik des Performativen. Frankfurt am Main. 2022.
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Krämer, Sybille. (2001). Sprache, Sprechakt, Kommunikation. Sprachtheoretische Positionen des 20. Jahrhun. Frankfurt am Main.
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Linke, Angelika; Nussbaumer, Markus; Portmann, Paul R. (2004). Studienbuch Linguistik. Tübingen.
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Sven Staffeldt; Jörg Hagemann (eds.). (2014). Pragmatiktheorien. Analysen im Vergleich. Tübingen.
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