1775.23 - Pragmatics (MA)
Course number
1775.23
Title
Pragmatics (MA)
ECTS
10
Prerequisites
BA degree in Faroese or other equivalent preconditions. This course may also be taken as an individual course with other prerequisites. (Please refer to the academic programme in force).
Purpose
To provide the student with insight into pragmatics as a discipline within linguistics and skills to evaluate, analyze and describe language usage and register at different levels and in different fields. Based in relevant theories on pragmatics the course offers abilities and tools to analyze and evaluate diversity in language usage.
Content
A selection of field-specific oral and written text will be analysed using different academic approaches. These approaches may include stylistics, rhetoric, sociolinguistics and discourse analysis. The course will examine examples of political jargon, sports jargon, scientific jargon, media jargon, school textbooks, etc. Language norms and the background to them will also be addressed.
Learning and teaching approaches
Presentations by the lecturer and students as well as discussions.
Learning outcomes
Successful students can demonstrate:
• in-depth theoretical knowledge about language usage and how it is analysed
• ability to independently and critically use tools to analyse language usage and stylistics
• knowledge about and training in assessing and adapting language to different uses according to the receiver and context
• ability to relate analysed texts to the theory covered
• ability to reflect on and critically assess language usage theory
• ability to use the terminology specific to the field
• understanding of language diversity
• insight into the foundations underpinning language norms
Assessment method
Combined exam with question and an oral presentation. The students get 3 days to prepare an oral presentation with materials about a given topic.
Examination
External
Marking scale
7-
Bibliography
A detailed syllabus list will be provided at the start of the course.
There will be read from e.g. these books:
Wenche Vagle, Margareth Sandvik og Jan Svennevig. 2004. Tekst og kontekst. En innføring i tekstlingvistikk og pragmatikk. J.W Cappelens forlag.
Ib Ulbæk. 2005. Sproglig tekstanalyse – introduktion til pragmatisk tekstlingvistik. Hans Reitzels forlag.
Stephen C. Levison. 2003. Pragmatics. Cambridge University Press.
Yan Huang. 2007. Pragmatics. Oxford University Press.
Anna Maria Lassen. 2012. Sprog i brug – sproghandlinger og kommunikation. Systime.
Carol Henriksen (red.). 2001. Can you reach the salt? Pragmatikkens klassiske tekster. Roskilde Universitetsforlag.
Contact
Zakaris Svabo Hansen