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LNGS3702: Pragmatics - Meaning in Use
2024 unit information
Pragmatics explores interactions of meaning and context in discourse. This unit of study introduces students to some important topics in pragmatics research: reference and speech acts, non-literal language, the role of inference and reasoning in discourse, politeness, conversation, and the ethnography of speaking.
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Arts and Social Sciences
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Linguistics |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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12 credit points at 2000 level in Linguistics |
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Corequisites:
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None |
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None |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. to introduce students to some key ideas in the study of pragmatics in linguistics
- LO2. to encourage students to develop an understanding of how pragmatics fits in the structure of linguistic theory in general
- LO3. to cultivate a critical and self-conscious approach to problems of enquiry in the empirical study of communication
- LO4. to appreciate the biases and presuppositions that inform the study of linguistic pragmatics
- LO5. to appreciate the complexity of language as an object of theoretical enquiry
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