Metapragmatics 3322-METAPRAG-OG

Metapragmatics is one of the latest, currently developing methods of research on the use of language. It is distinguished by the fact that the linguist is looking for answers to research questions not by way of creating and testing artificially fabricated models of linguistic phenomena, but by analyzing the everyday utterances of native speakers about verbal and non-verbal communication events.
The workshop’s aim is to exercise the methods of linguistic research by jointly reading and analyzing scientific texts on metapragmatics.
Classes will be held every two weeks. Each meeting will consist of two units and have two parts. The first unit will be devoted to reading texts from the course bibliography list. The second unit will cover analysis of the text, discussion of problematic cases, and exercises.

Type of course

general courses

Mode

Classroom

Prerequisites (description)

Completion of the course is facilitated by earlier assimilated knowledge of the science of language and communication, as well as the methodology of linguistics.

Learning outcomes

Expanding knowledge on methods of linguistics research, especially on the description of language use in terms of natural language.
The development of linguistics research skills.
Increasing awareness of the mechanisms of use of language and competence related to the qualification of the acts of communication.

Assessment criteria

Evaluation based on course attendance and carrying out test tasks.

Practical placement

Bibliography

• Bublitz Wolfram, Hübler Axel, (Ed.), 2007. Introducing metapragmatics in use. In: Bublitz, W., Hübler, A. (Eds.), Metapragmatics in use. John Benjamins, Amsterdam, pp. 1-26.
• Caffi C., 1994. Metapragmatics. In: Asher R. E. (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics. Pergamon Press, Oxford, pp. 2461–2466.
• Culepeper Jonathan, Haugh Michael, 2014. Metapragmatics. In: Culepeper J., Haugh M., Pragmatics and the English language. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 235-263.
• Hübler Axel, 2007. On the metapragmatics of gestures. In: Bublitz W., Hübler A., (Ed.), Metapragmatics in use. John Benjamins, Amsterdam, pp. 107-128.
• Lucy John A., 2004. Reflexive Language: Reported Speech and Metapragmatics. Cambridge University, Cambridge.
• Silverstein Michael, 1976. Shifters, Linguistic Categories, and Cultural Description. In: Basso Keith, Selby Henry A. (Eds.), Meaning in Anthropology. UNM Press, Albuquerque, pp. 11–55.
• Silverstein Michael, 2001. The Limits of Awareness. In: Duranti Alessandro (Ed.), Linguistic Anthropology: A Reader. Blackwell, Malden, pp. 382–401.

Additional information

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