The World in the Lens of Linguistics: Communication in Contexts 3301-2ST-J-KON001
The objective of the course is to familiarize students with the relevance of linguistic research for understanding communication across different disciplines and discourses. The course focuses on the role of context in communication, participatory roles, linguistic politeness, and translation problems, covering such topics as the speaker’s intentions, inferences, context, linguistic conventions, politeness, communicative styles, degrees of understanding and misunderstanding, and changing norms and expectations in various forms of translation.
The course will be divided into three modules, each of which will comprise presentation and discussion of selected theoretical notions, followed by an analysis of written and audiovisual materials drawn from the press, movies, political discourse, etc.
Type of course
Mode
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Learning outcomes
Knowledge
The graduate has the in-depth familarity of
K_W01 advanced terminology, theory and research methods corresponding to the state of the art in the discipline of linguistics, in accordance with their chosen specialization (and educational path)
Abilities
The graduate is able to
K_U01 apply advanced terminology, theory and research methods corresponding to the state of the art in the discipline of linguistics, in accordance with their chosen specialization (and educational path) within the domain of English Studies.. This pertains to communication, politeness and translation problems.
Social competences
The graduate is ready to
K_K01 critically appraise their knowledge and content obtained from various sources
Assessment criteria
Assignments and assessment criteria
- participation in discussions, home assignments (20 %)
- final presentation (80 %)
3 absences are allowed
Bibliography
Archer, Dawn, Karin Aijmer, and Anne Wichmann. 2012. Pragmatics. An Advanced Resource Book for Students. Routlege.
Clark, Billy. 2013. Relevance Theory. Cambridge University Press
Haugh, Michael. 2015. Im/Politeness Implicatures. De Gruyter.
Piskorska, Ag. 2021. Being ambivalent by exploiting indeterminacy in the explicit import of an utterance. Pragmatics & Cognition 28/2, 376-393.
Terkourafi, Marina. 2015. Conventionalization: A new agenda for
im/politeness research. Journal of Pragmatics 86: 11--18.
Wilson, Deirdre. 1994. Relevance and Understanding. In G. Brown, K. Malmkjaer, A. Pollitt & J. Williams (eds) Language and understanding.. Oxford University Press, Oxford: 35-58.
Yus, Francisco. 2021. Smartphone Communication. Interactions in the App Ecosystem. Routlege.
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