At the end of the course the student has the ability to grasp the meaning of an act or a linguistic event in the communicative context and knows how to interpret the discourse strategies.
Knowledge of basic notions in Linguistics.
Teaching activities will consist in lectures (30 hours), conducted with the aid of PowerPoint slides that will be uploaded to the e-learning course website. Lectures will be accompanied by practical activities (6 hours) in which the topics of the course will be discussed and applied to real communicative situations (political communication, institutional communication, advertising communication, etc.).
To pass the exam of the entire integrated course of Pragmatic and interactional Linguistics it is necessary to pass the exam tests of both modules (Pragmatic Linguistics and Interactional Pragmatics) in the same exam session. In addition, the student can choose to take the partial exam of mod.1 on two dates that will be communicated by the teacher, included in the exam periods (January-February, March). The vote of the partial exam is valid until April 2027.
The MOD1 exam takes place in oral form and evaluation is expressed in 30/30. This test includes 4 questions on the exposed and commented themes as well as analysis of communicative situations, in order to verify the student's knowledge, lexical property and critical thinking skills.
The exam vote for the entire integrated course is calculated as the average of grades obtained in the two modules.
The course focuses on the relationship between communication, language and context; more precisely the relationship between speakers, interactions and linguistic choices both in everyday contexts and in institutionalized ones. Main themes:
• Introduction to pragmatics.
• Communication and its components
• Comparison of language functions and communication models
• Identity and inclusive communication
• From Austin to Grice: linguistic acts, cooperation and maxims of conversation
• Sperber and Wilson and the relevance theory
• The text between speaker and addressee:
1) Inferences and presupposition
2) The information structure
3) Anaphora, deixis, performatives
4) Functional markers
1) Students without basic knowledge in Linguistics are requested to study an introductory textbook on linguistics, or equivalent in other languages.
2) NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS have the same program as attending students.
3) ALL STUDENTS must regularly consult the e-learning site and download the materials indicated.
4) If the course will be taught in a blended or in a distance learning form, these guidelines may undergo a few changes in order to adapt the course, the exercises and the assessment to these forms. Students are invited to consult the e-learning area of the course for details on all these adjustments.
