Pragmatics

COURSE SYLLABUS
Lecturer Ahmad Sofwan Jl. Menoreh Selatan 89 Semarang 50236 Mob. 081 2250 1589 Email: sofwan1589@yahoo.com PPS Lecture Room

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Objectives The goals of this course are to give students a basic understanding of pragmatics and its relationship to syntax and semantics; to make students aware of recent work in the field; to suggest interesting research topics; to promote a general approach to the study of linguistic phenomena which is based on the analysis of naturally-occurring data, and which draws on insights from all relevant areas of linguistic theory. Attendance Attend every class and arrive on time. Never skip a class in order to complete a late assignment: come to class, and finish it later. If you expect to be absent due to sickness, death in the family, or a religious holiday, please notify me before class. Assessment Assessment is based on class participation and attendance (10%), Mid test (20%) summary & presentation (20%), and research paper (50%). Recommended textbooks Cruse, D. Alan. 2000. Meaning in Language. New York: Oxford. Cutting, John. 2008. Pragmatics and Doscourse. 2nd Edition. London: Routledge. Leech, G.N. 1983. Principles of Pragmatics. Essex: Longman Levinson, S.C. 1983. Pragmatics. Cambridge: CUP Levinson, S.C. & Brown.1987. Politeness: Some Universals in Language Use. New York: CUP Mey, Jacob L. 1993. Pragmatics. Oxford: OUP. Rahardi, R.K. 2005. Pragmatik, Kesantunan Imperative Bahasa Indonesia. Jakarta: Erlangga. Thomas, J. 1995. Meaning in Interaction. Harlow: Longman. Yule, G. 2003. Pragmatics. Oxford: OUP.

Weekly syllabus Week 1: Week 2: Week 3: Week 4: Week 5: Week 6: Week 7: Course overview Introduction What is Pragmatics? Mey, 2003, Chapter 1, 2, 3 What is Pragmatics? Mey, 2003, Chapter 1, 2, 3 Deixes Levinson, 1983, Chapter 2 Conversational Implicatures Thomas, 1995, Chapter 3 Speech acts Mey, 2003, Chapter 6, 7, 8 Conversational structure Mey, 2003, Chapter 11-12 Research project guide to be given Politeness Thomas, 1995, Chapter 6 Mid Test Deixes Research article Conversational Implicatures Research article Speec acts Research article Conversational structure Research article Research project guide to be given Politeness Research article Review and Wrap-up Final examination

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