DCJDR_APR2 Pragmalinguistics II

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
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
DCJDR_APR1 Pragmalinguistics I
The course labelled Pragmalinguistics can be taken by any doctoral student.
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 the course is the acquiring of the most important issues from the area of pragmalinguistics, which, unlike syntax and semantics, takes into consideration the users of a particular language and the entire situational context, which determines a given communicative situation. Apart from that the course participants are expected to be able to apply their knowledge from pragmalinguistics and other branches of linguistics in their own teaching professions.
Learning outcomes
The students know the linguistic terms and concepts from the study of pragmalinguistics and are able to explain them while using concrete examples. They are also able to apply the knowledge acquired in the course both in their PhD theses and in the teaching of learners of English with different levels of language proficiency.
Syllabus
  • The course of Pragmalinguistics is a core subject of the linguistic section and presents an indispensable starting point for the understanding of contemporary didactic trends. The course objective is to gain basic knowledge of pragmalinguistics, i.e. a linguistic field which unlike syntax or semantics, takes into consideration the user of the language and the whole situational context which determines a given communicative situation. Doctoral students are taught to be able to apply newly gained theoretical knowledge in their own research when writing their dissertations. Topics to be covered: Relationship between pragmalinguistics and other linguistic disciplines, syntax and semantics in particular. Deixis and deictic expressions and their manifestation in the language system. Spacial, time, personal and social deixis. Reference and inference. Presupposition. Types of presupposition. Conversational and conventional implicatures. Principals of cooperation and conversational maxims. Cooperative Principle. Politeness Principle. Theory of speech acts. Direct and indirect speech acts. Politeness and interaction. Conversation and preference structures. Conversational style and its analysis. Pragmatic schemata. Discourse and culture.
Literature
    required literature
  • Yule, G. Pragmatics (Oxford Introductions to Language Study). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996.
  • THOMAS, Jenny. Meaning in interaction : an introduction to pragmatics. Harlow: Longman, 1995, xii, 224. ISBN 0582291518. info
    recommended literature
  • Brown, G., Yule, G. Discourse Analysis (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,1983.
  • HIRSCHOVÁ, Milada. Pragmatika v češtině. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2006, 243 s. ISBN 8024412837. info
  • MEY, Jacob L. Pragmatics : an introduction. 2nd ed. Oxford: Blackwell, 2001, xiv, 392. ISBN 0631211322. info
  • MCCARTHY, Michael. Discourse analysis for language teachers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991, x, 213. ISBN 0521367468. info
  • LEECH, Geoffrey N. Principles of pragmatics. First published. New York: Longman, 1983, xii, 250. ISBN 0582551102. info
    not specified
  • Wagner, K. (ed.) Pragmatik der deutschen Sprache. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2001.
  • Birkenbihl, V. F. Signale des Körpers (Körpersprache verstehen). München: mvg-verlag, 1994.
  • Besch, W. (ed.) Duzen, Siezen, Titulieren :zur Anrede im Deutschen heute und gestern. Götingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1998.
  • ERNST, Peter. Pragmalinguistik : Grundlagen, Anwendungen, Probleme. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2002, 210 s. ISBN 9783110170139. info
  • HOLLY, Werner. Einführung in die Pragmalinguistik : germanistische Fernstudienenheit. Berlin: Langenscheidt, 2001, 72 s. ISBN 3468495668. info
Teaching methods
lecture, class discussion, students presentations
Assessment methods
Oral exam and discussion on students seminar work. This work, which must be submitted by doctoral students before the exam, deals with the topic chosen according to students' field of interest and the topic of their presentations in which they are supposed to illustrate how pragmalinguistics can be applied in contact teaching.
Language of instruction
English
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 2011, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2019, autumn 2020, Autumn 2021.
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