LINGUIST 320

Topics in Pragmatics

Please note: this is archived course information from 2014 for LINGUIST 320.

Description

Pragmatics is the systematic study of language in use and is a rapidly developing discipline in linguistics. This course will give a critical survey of the central topics and the latest developments of pragmatics. The domain of pragmatics, implicature, presupposition, speech act and deixis will be among the issues dealt with in individual lectures.

Availability 2014

Not taught in 2014

Lecturer(s)

Coordinator(s) Professor Yan Huang

Points

LINGUIST 320: 15 points

Prerequisites

LINGUIST 206