Course Details
Country:
United Kingdom
Institution:
University of York
Course Title:
Introduction to Pragmatics
Course Number:
LAN00059I
Course Description:
This module will introduce you to the study of meaning in context. One of the leading questions we will seek to answer is how much of the meaning we communicate by using language is coded in the grammatical system and how much needs to be inferred. By looking at how meaning is constructed and negotiated by speakers in concrete communicative situations, you will learn about those aspects of communication that go beyond truth-conditional (often labeled 'semantic') aspects of utterance interpretation. These include notions such as explicit and implicit meaning (the distinction between 'what is said' and 'what is meant'), conversational implicature (suggested inferences that arise as a result of co-operative behaviour), reference determination (the various ways in which our grammar allows us to talk about entities in the external world), figurative language (metaphor, irony, etc.) and information packaging (strategies of making larger chunks of language appear coherent). The module will
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
LING 499
Course URL:
https://www.york.ac.uk/students/studying/manage/programmes/module-catalogue/module/LAN00059I/latest
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