Pragmatics

Code:

CL017

Acronym:

PRAG

Instance: 2017/2018 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Portuguese and Romance Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Language Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
CL	21	CL - Study Plan	3	-	6	4
LLC	9	LLC - Bidisciplinar Study Plan (Portuguese Studies)	2	-	6	4
			3

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

At the end of the semester, students will be able to: 1. Situate Pragmatics as a linguistic area and its essential phases; 2. Understand the basic concepts of Pragmatics; 3. Develop and know how to apply the knowledge acquired.

Learning outcomes and competences

It is expected that students will be able, at the end of the semester, to understand the pragmatic dimensions of texts / discourses they encounter daily.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. The area of linguistic pragmatics as:

1.1 system Linguistics VS system use Linguistics;

1.2. Evolution and brief history of Pragmatics.

1.3. Borders with neighboring areas.

2. general questions: the object of analysis, objectives and methodologies.

3. Speech Acts: the theory of Austin and Searle.

3.1. Types of speech acts.

3.2. Direct and indirect speech acts.

4. Grice’s Theory: the Cooperative Principle;

4.1. Conversational maxims.

4.2. Inference mechanisms: Theory of Implicatures.

5. Certain aspects of the theory of Relevance.

6. Courtesy Linguistics (Leech’s Theory);

7. Dialogism and polyphony:

7.1. Reported speech;

7.2. Irony;

7.3. Controversy negation.

Mandatory literature

ARMENGAUD; La Pragmatique, Paris, PUF, 1986
AUSTIN, J.; How to do things with words, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1962
ESCANDELL, M. Victoria; Introducción a la Pragmática, Barcelona: Ariel, 2006 (2ª ed.). ISBN: 978-84-344-8267-8
FONSECA, Joaquim; Pragmática Linguística, Introdução, Teoria e Descrição do Português, Porto Editora, 1994. ISBN: 972-0-40115-X
GRICE, H. P; «Logic and Conversation», in Syntax and Semantics, vol.III, Speech Acts, ed. Cole, & Morgan, Academic Press Inc., pp.41-58, 1975
KERBRAT-ORECCHIONI, Catherine; L’énonciation – De la subjectivité dans le langage, Paris, Armand Colin, 1997 (1980)
LEECH, G.; Principles of Pragmatics, London- New-York, Longman, 1983
LEVINSON, S.; Pragmatics, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1983
Lima, José Pinto de (org.); Linguagem e Acção, da filosofia analítica à linguística pragmática, Lisboa: apaginastantas, 1983
REYES, G.; La pragmática lingüística. El estudio del uso del lenguaje, Barcelona, Montesinos, 1990
SEARLE, J.; Speech Acts. An Essay in the Philosophy of Language, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1969
SPERBER, D.; WILSON, D.; Relevance. Communication and Cognition, Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1986
VERSCHUEREN, J.; Para entender la Pragmática, Madrid, Gredos, 2002 (1999)

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theory classes, practical classes and tutorials

keywords

Humanities > language sciences > Linguistics

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	80,00
Trabalho escrito	20,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	90,00
Frequência das aulas	54,00
Trabalho de investigação	18,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Mandatory attendance of 75% of classes, unless established otherwise by law.

Calculation formula of final grade

Weighted average of all assessment components.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Exam and submission of a reading report.

Classification improvement

In accordance with the Assessment Regulations in force.