Lecture: Pragmatics: English in Use (intro.)

  • Teaching

    Details

    Faculty Faculty of Humanities
    Domain English
    Code UE-L06.00969
    Languages English
    Type of lesson Lecture
    Level Master, Bachelor
    Semester SP-2020

    Schedules and rooms

    Summary schedule Wednesday 13:15 - 15:00, Hebdomadaire (Spring semester)

    Teaching

    Teachers
    • Maillat Didier
    Description

    In this introductory course for 1st-year students, we will investigate the elaboration of meaning in context. Some philosophers of language have argued that language meaning is only determined by usage, but contrary to what a lay person may think, usage is governed by a number of parameters and principles which allows us to plan our linguistic behaviour and decode that of others. In this course, students will become acquainted with domains such as speech act theory, deixis and politeness theory. In the second half of the course, we will look into the complex mechanisms which allow us to pack simple utterances with more meaning than meets the eyes and how our addressee can unpack very rich interpretations (e.g. irony, metaphors, euphemisms, etc.) in seemingly effortless fashion.
    Training objectives
    • Knowledge of the main concepts and theoretical models
    • Knowledge of the current debates
    • Ability to understand critically stateof-the-art papers in pragmatics
    • Ability to illustrate a theoretical discussion with appropriate examples
    Softskills Yes
    Off field Yes
    BeNeFri No
    Mobility Yes
    UniPop No

    Documents

    Bibliography

    A bibliography and a list of assigned readings will be made available in the first week of the semester. Yule (1996, OUP) is a short very basic introduction to the field.
  • Dates and rooms
    Date Hour Type of lesson Place
    19.02.2020 13:15 - 15:00 Cours MIS 03, Room 3100C
    26.02.2020 13:15 - 15:00 Cours MIS 03, Room 3100C
    04.03.2020 13:15 - 15:00 Cours MIS 03, Room 3100C
    11.03.2020 13:15 - 15:00 Cours MIS 03, Room 3100C
    18.03.2020 13:15 - 15:00 Cours MIS 03, Room 3100C
    25.03.2020 13:15 - 15:00 Cours MIS 03, Room 3100C
    01.04.2020 13:15 - 15:00 Cours MIS 03, Room 3100C
    08.04.2020 13:15 - 15:00 Cours MIS 03, Room 3100C
    22.04.2020 13:15 - 15:00 Cours MIS 03, Room 3100C
    29.04.2020 13:15 - 15:00 Cours MIS 03, Room 3100C
    06.05.2020 13:15 - 15:00 Cours MIS 03, Room 3100C
    13.05.2020 13:15 - 15:00 Cours MIS 03, Room 3100C
    20.05.2020 13:15 - 15:00 Cours MIS 03, Room 3100C
    27.05.2020 13:15 - 15:00 Cours MIS 03, Room 3100C
  • Assessments methods

    Examen - SP-2020, Session d'été 2020

    Assessments methods By rating, By success/failure

    Examen - SP-2020, Autumn Session 2020

    Assessments methods By rating, By success/failure

    Examen - SA-2020, Session d'hiver 2021

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    Examen - SP-2021, Session d'été 2021

    Assessments methods By rating, By success/failure

    Examen - SP-2021, Autumn Session 2021

    Assessments methods By rating, By success/failure

    Examen - SA-2021, Session d'hiver 2022

    Assessments methods By rating, By success/failure

    Examen - SP-2022, Session d'été 2022

    Assessments methods By rating, By success/failure
  • Assignment
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