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| IDE5950 | PRAGMATICS | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of WESTERN LANGUAGES and LITERATURE | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Ali Şükrü ÖZBAY | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | In this course, the students will acquire basic theoretical competences in pragmatics and basic skills related to pragmatic research. Upon completion of this course students will be able to read pragmatic studies, they will acquire basic skills in setting up pragmatic research, and will be able to informally recognize pragmatic phenomena in everyday communication, which may be used as a starting point to become aware of communicative skills. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| This course deals with various issues in pragmatics, such as illocution and perlocution, various types of communicative interaction, speech acts, text functions, deixis and the relationship between pragmatics, semantics and syntax. Particular topics include reading and discussing latest research. Emphasis is placed on participation and looking for everyday illustrations of pragmatic principles. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction, syllabus, definition of pragmatics | | | Week 2 | Functions of language. The interaction of functions of language and pragmatic effect | | | Week 3 | Saying more than is said: implicature. Observing and flouting maxims. Reasons behind observing and flouting maxims. Cultural differences. | | | Week 4 | Conventional implicature and background knowledge. Culture and stereotypes. Knowledge of the world. Research of folk knowledge systems. Presupposition. | | | Week 5 | Why use speech acts: culture. Cross-cultural variation. Examples and research ideas. | | | Week 6 | Deixis. Categories of deixis. Person deixis. Social deixis and politeness. Cross-cultural variation. Linguistic research. | | | Week 7 | Time deixis and tense. Space deixis: distance, visibility. Linguistic research and language variation. | | | Week 8 | The interface of pragmatics, semantics and syntax. Theoretical issues and their practical consequences. | | | Week 9 | Pragmatics and cognition: relevance theory. Research examples. | | | Week 10 | Pragmatics and cognition: relevance theory. Research examples. | | | Week 11 | Pragmatics and cognition: relevance theory. Research examples. | | | Week 12 | Deixis. Categories of deixis. Person deixis. Social deixis and politeness. Cross-cultural variation. Linguistic research. | | | Week 13 | ARTICLE PRAGMATIC COMPETENCE OF EFL LEARNERS | | | Week 14 | ARTICLE PRAGMATIC COMPETENCE OF EFL LEARNERS | | | Week 15 | REVISION | | | Week 16 | Final exam. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | 16/04/2018 | 1,5 | 20 | | Project | 11 | 30/04/2018 | 1 | 30 | | End-of-term exam | 15 | 21/05/2018 | 1,5 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 12 | 7 | 84 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Proje | 10 | 1 | 10 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 10 | 7 | 70 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 210 |
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