Syllabus
Introduction. Basic terminology. Features and characteristics of spoken discourse
2. Approaches to Conversation
3. Pragmatic (and Semantic) Presuppositions
4. Speech Acts
5. Pragmatic Principles: Cooperative Principle
6. Pragmatic Principles: Politeness Principle; Approaches to Politeness
7. Other Pragmatic Principles. Deixis
8. Review
Annotation
The Pragmatics course follows its prerequisite, Text Linguistics and Stylistics, and aims at taking a more comprehensive, synthesizing approach. The thematic core is formed by some of the key aspects of pragmatic analysis, including conversation and discourse analysis.
Considerable attention is paid to issues in the communicative framework. In addition to theoretical mastery of the phenomena, the course offers an opportunity to explore their use in authentic samples.
Naturally, the recommended secondary ources come primarily from the English-speaking world, but in view of the students´ prospective teaching careers, selected studies of domestic origin are also included and in relevant topics emphasis is put on a contrastive approach.