LINGUIST 320
Topics in Pragmatics
Please note: this is archived course information from 2016 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 2016
Semester 2
Lecturer(s)
Coordinator(s) Professor Yan Huang
Points
LINGUIST 320: 15 points
Prerequisites
LINGUIST 206
