Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis

Code:

MPLE004

Acronym:

PADIS

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Linguistics

Instance: 2022/2023 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Portuguese and Romance Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Masters in Portuguese as second language / Foreign language

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MPLE	17	MPLE - Study Plan	1	-	6	55	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Successful students should be able to: . specify spoken and written modalities; .reflect on the dual approximation of the formal and functional; . address grammatical phenomena from the point of view of a communicative act . recognise the importance of each modality and the importance of contextualisation and co-textualisation; . distinguish fields and subfields of grammar; . distinguish the different participants in discourse . specify the characteristics of discourse grammar.

Learning outcomes and competences

It is expected that at the end of the semester, the student is able to analyze the pragmatic-discursive dimensions of texts and be able to adapt these skills to the teaching of Portuguese language second / foreign language.

Working method

Presencial

Program

. Vocality and graphism . Syntax, pragmatics and discourse . Grammatical and discursive regularities in Portuguese grammar . Deixis and contextualisation . Anaphora and co-textualisation . Grammar of the sentence, text and discourse . Discourse participants and their voices . Reproduced discourse/ polyphonic theory . From the principle of regularity to the principle of functionality

Mandatory literature

ARMENGAUD; La Pragmatique, Paris, PUF, 1986
AUSTIN, J.L.; Cómo hacer cosas com palabras, Paidós, 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.; Studies in the way of words, Harvard University Press, 1989
GRICE, H. P; «Logic and Conversation», in Syntax and Semantics, vol.III, Speech Acts, ed.le, & 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
Lopes, Ana Cristina Macário; Pragmática, Uma Introdução, Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, 2018. ISBN: ISBN 978-989-26-1603-2
REYES, G.; La pragmática lingüística. El estudio del uso del lenguaje, Barcelona, Montesinos, 1990
Sandré, Marion; Analyser les discours oraux, Armand Colin, 2013. ISBN: 978-2-200-28859-4
SEARLE, J. R.; Actos de habla, Cátedra, 1969
SERRANO, M. J.; Aproximacion a la gramática del discurso del español, Lincom Europa, 2002
SILVA-CORVALÁN; Sociolinguística y Pragmática del Español, Georgetown University Press, 2001
SPERBER, D. e DIEDRE, W.; La relevancia, Visor, 1994
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

Theoretical-practical classes. Tutorial sessions. Active-cooperative method.

keywords

Humanities
Humanities > language sciences > Linguistics

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	0,00
Prova oral	40,00
Trabalho escrito	60,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	85,00
Frequência das aulas	30,00
Trabalho de investigação	47,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Students are required to attend at least 75% of classes, except in cases foreseen in the Assessment Regulations in force at FLUP.

Calculation formula of final grade

Weighted average of all assessment components. Oral presentations and written paper - 100%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

According to the Assessment Regulations in force.