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Lecturer(s)
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Haase Christoph, Dr. Ph.D., M.A.
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Course content
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Pragmatics is a study of locution and studies the situation between speaker-listener (or writer-reader). On the language level, pragmatics covers terms such as fuzziness, non-clarity, speech act, speech situation, interpretation strategies, purpose. The seminar will study specialized vocabulary registers and will also study the discourse and stylistic research.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified, unspecified
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- 28 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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Understanding the subject and principles, methods and terminology of pragmatics.
Understanding the newly gained knowledge of the discipline.
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Prerequisites
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The ability to know one's way in linguistic disciplines.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
Active and prepared class attendance, test, oral exam.
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Recommended literature
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Allan, K. The Cambridge handbook of pragmatics. Cambridge, 2011.
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Goatly, A. Explorations in stylistics. London: Equinox., 2010.
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Liedtke, F. & Schulze, C. Beyond words. Content, context, and inference. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2013.
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Sandra, D. (ed). Cognition and pragamatics. Amsterdam: Benjamins., 2009.
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Schmid, Hans-Jörg (Ed.). Cognitive pragmatics. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2012.
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Tanskanen, S. Collaborating towards coherence: lexical cohesion in English discourse. Amsterdam: Benjamins, 2006.
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