Advanced Studies in Pragmatics
Code
722011072
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Ciências da Comunicação
Credits
10
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
English
Objectives
a) To deepen the knowledge acquired in the 1st cycle, within the disciplines that address the verbal interaction and the acts of language;
b) Acquire skills for theoretical and empirical research about the organization and the structure of discursive interactions, taking into account not only its verbal manifestations, but also para-verbal and extra-verbal;
c) Approach critically fundamental texts of pragmatics.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
1) Review the basic concepts of pragmatics (reference, acts of language, inferential processes);
2) The components of conversational interaction: context and situation, actors, goals;
3) The verbal, para-verbal and extra-verbal, demonstrations, of verbal interaction;
4) Models of recording and transcription;
5) Typology of conversational models.
Bibliography
- Coulthard, Malcolm (1985), An Introduction to Discourse Analysis, London & New York: Longman, 2ª ed.
- Hymes, Dell H.(1984), Vers la compétence de Communication, Paris: Hatier-Crédif
- Kerbrat-Orecchioni, C. (1998-1992), Les Interactions Verbales, Paris: Armand Colin, volumes 1 e 2
- Rodrigues, Adriano Duarte (2005), A Partitura Invisível, Lisboa: Colibri, 2ª edição.
- Roulet, Eddy & al. (1987), LArticulation du Discours en Français Contemporain, Berne: Peter Lang
Teaching method
Presentation sessions theoretical and practical laboratory; empirical work to be carried out individually or in small teams. Follow the tutorial works.
Evaluation method
Participation in the seminar sessions, particularly with the presentation of readings, discussion and presentation of empirical work.