Module Details
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Title PRAGMATICS 2
Code ENGL281
Coordinator Prof SR Chapman
English
Src@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2018-19 Level 5 FHEQ First Semester 15

Aims

The module aims to enable students to understand and apply a range of pragmatic theories.

Specifically, it clarifies - as far as possible - the distinction between semantics and pragmatics in accounting for communicated meaning, and the range of ways in which pragmatic meaning has been explained.


It encourages students to consider the relative merits of different pragmatics theories as analytical approaches to meaning in context.

It introduces and discusses the implications of pragmatics for our understanding of the nature and use of language in a range of different ''real world'' situations.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the module students will be able to:

1) Analyse relevant linguistic data using a rang of pragmatic frameworks.

2) Critically compare and evaluate different pragmatic theories in relation to this data.

3) Assess the insights that pragmatic theory can offer into a range of linguistic issues concerning the nature, acquisition and use of language.

Syllabus
1 

Topics covered specifically include:

Speech Act Theory

Implicature

Relevance Theory
Politeness
Semantics and Pragmatics
Experimental Pragmatics
Clincial Pragmatics
Pragmatics and Language Acquisition

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Lecture -

Lectures will be used to present specific pragmatic theories or to survey the applications of pragmatic theories to other areas of language study.

Workshop - Workshops are oriented towards analytical tasks in which the pragmatic theories presented are applied to particular types of linguistic data. They will typically involve small-group work feeding into plenary session

Teaching Schedule
  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours 12

         24
Workshops are oriented towards analytical tasks in which the pragmatic theories presented are applied to particular types of linguistic data. They will typically involve small-group work feeding into plenary session
36
Timetable (if known) Lectures will be used to present specific pragmatic theories or to survey the applications of pragmatic theories to other areas of language study.
  		           
Private Study 114
TOTAL HOURS 150

Assessment
EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
Unseen Written Exam  180  Semester 1  100  Yes  Standard UoL penalty applies  Assessment 1 Notes (applying to all assessments) Exam: Eight or nine questions are set which test students' ability to explain, apply and evaluate particular aspects of theories covered during the semester. Students may not answer questions on the same topic as they tackled when doing their essay. Those who fail will be allowed to resubmit, answering different questions from the original ones and, clearly, students must pass the exam to pass the whole module. 
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
             

Recommended Texts
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