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

REVIEW (NOTE: Seminar Papers submitted by the last seminar in hard copies and also electronically)

Note: underlined sources are mandatory.