DCJDR_NPR1 Pragmalinguistics I

Faculty of Education
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Káňa, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Renata Povolná, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Věra Janíková, Ph.D.
Department of German Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Jana Chocholatá, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of German Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites
This subject be taken by student of German in doctoral studies. Good knowledge of linguistics (M.A. Level), German (at least C1) as well as English (at least B2) required.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of this course is to introduce students into the study of pragmatics, i.e. a linguistic discipline which views the language from the point of view of its user. In this respect the course will be contrasted with students´ previous study of linguistics in B.A. and Master studies.

At the end of the course the students should be able to:
- characterise pragmatics as a linguistic subject;
- explain the pragmatic attitude to a language;
- explain the Cooperative principles (Grice´s Maxims/ Konverstationsmaximen);
- characterise the speech acts (Searl);
- distinguish the propositional from the presuppositional meaning;
- find pragmatic markers in a text
Syllabus
  • 1.Linguistics, Pragmalinguistics and Paralinguistics
    2.Communication as an act
    3.Bühler´s “Organonmodell”
    4.Stuart Hall´s model
    5.Grice and his maxims
    6.Searl´s Speech acts
    7.Semantics and proposition
    s 8.Pragmatics and presuppositions
    9.Pragmatic markers in texts
Literature
    required literature
  • HIRSCHOVÁ, Milada. Pragmatika v češtině. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2006, 243 s. ISBN 8024412837. info
  • YULE, George. Pragmatics. First published. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996, xiv, 138. ISBN 0194372073. info
  • POLENZ, Peter von. Deutsche Satzsemantik : Grundbegriffe des Zwischen-den-Zeilen-Lesens. 2., durchgesehene Aufl. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1988, 389 s. ISBN 3110119552. info
    recommended literature
  • LEVINSON, Stephen C. Pragmatik. Translated by Martina Wiese. 3. Aufl. Tübingen: Max Niemeyer, 2000, xiii, 476. ISBN 3-484-22039-2. info
Teaching methods
Mode of teaching: seminar The methods used in classes are presentations of new and problematic issues by the teacher, who provides students with some necessary theoretical background. This is always suplemented by many examples. Then, after discussing the given topic with their teacher, students are asked to prepare and simulate authentic conversational situations in which they are supposed to use structures and/or strategies under discussion. As for homework, students are supposed to study in advance relevant chapters from their textbooks and be ready for class discussions. Apart from that, students have to do various interactive moodle modules including quizzes designed particularly for their course.
Assessment methods
For getting a credit, students must past a credit test which consists of three topics, different for every student, taken from the subject matter studied during the term and an on-line moodle test in the middle of the term. Moreover, all students are supposed to prepare a suggestion how to use pragmatics in their own teaching profession.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every other week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2012, Spring 2013.
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