Pragmatics

                                        Autumn 2020, Opava

                          (teacher: Jan Chovanec, chovanec@phil.muni.cz)




Course syllabus


25.9. Session 1    –     Lecture 1a – Basic concepts in pragmatics

25.9. Session 2    –     Lecture 1b – Approaches to pragmatics

                                    (Content to be found in: Yule Ch1-3, 5-6)



18.12. Session 3 –     Practical analysis, discussion of readings

                                    (Readings for class: Yule CH 7-9)


Final exam: a written test based on compulsory readings. The test includes concepts, open-ended
questions and practical analysis of sample texts.


Cutting, Joan – in Section C, you will find a lot of sample exercises. These types of texts and
tasks may be included in the exam.



Course readings:


Yule, George (1996) Pragmatics. Oxford: OUP.

Chapter 4 is marginal. Pages 40-45 (on implicature) are marginal. They will not be included in the
exam.

Cutting, Joan (2002) Pragmatics and Discourse. – Sections A+B (pages 1-76)

Cutting, Joan (2002) Pragmatics and Discourse – Section C – optional.


Please note that the content of Yule (1996) and Cutting (2002) partly overlaps. Cutting contains
more explanations with examples.



Requirements:

data collection – covid humour on social media – 100 items + reflection on the material

analysis of text – 2 pages

written test/exam in class/long-distance