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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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(1) What is (and what is not) communication? Consequences of communication models (2) Theories of speech acts: basic overview (3) Determinants of success in communication (4) Presuppositions (5) Ambiguity of language utterances (6) In/availability of information (7) Humour and wit (8) Silence in language and communication (9) Taboo (10) Forms of censorship (11) Index and ostension (12) Non-verbal communication
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Methods of Written Work
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to, in continuation of ideas of John L. Austin, propose basic theses of a theory of failures, that is to say, manifestations of a certain pragmatic category which subsumes various possibilities of communication failures and misinterpretations. Attention is on one hand given to theoretical questions of semiotics, pragmatics and philosophy of language, on the other hand practical samples and their analyses, and, in the final part of the course also certain borderline manners of communication, i.e. semiotic limitations such as silence, taboo or censorship.
Basic orientation in problems of pragmatics and philosophy of language, the ability of applying them to analyses of concrete messages
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student performance, Dialog
(1) Regular presence (no more than 2 unexcused absences) (2) In-class presentation (3) Discussion over selected topic
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Recommended literature
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Austin, J. L. (2000). Jak udělat něco slovy. Praha.
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Eco, U. (2004). Meze interpretace. Praha.
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Eco, U. Teorie sémiotiky. Praha: Argo 2009..
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Gerbner, G. "Toward a General Model of Communication". Audio-Visual Communication Review 4, 1956, s. 171-199..
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Hirschová, M. (2006). Pragmatika v češtině. Olomouc.
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Jakobson, R. "Lingvistika a poetika". In: Poetická funkce. Jinočany: H&H 1995, s. 74-105.
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Searle, J. R. "What is a Speech Act?" In: Searle, J. R. (ed.): The Philosophy of Language. London: Oxford University Press, s. 39-53..
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