Pragmatics - The Many Facets of Language Use
In this course we shall address key concepts of the study of language in use. We will study core concepts such as:
- What is Pragmatics? Why Pragmatics?
- What does it mean to communicatively co-operate?
- What are the roles of implicature and presupposition?
As the course will surely progress dynamically, questions of a more general nature will find their way into the discussions. A question of this kind could be: What is the relation of pragmatics to cognition, semantics and syntax? A question of so-called Pragmatic Interfaces.
Announcement
Bibliography/Resources
Here you will find the core references and additional
materials. I will try to regularly tailor this to meet the course's
needs.
When?
- Fridays 10:15 - 11:45
Where?
- English Language Department (Anglistisches Seminar),
University of Heidelberg, Room 333
