Course teacher(s)
Antonin Thuns (Coordinator) and Philippe DE BRABANTERECTS credits
5
Language(s) of instruction
french
Course content
This resolutely theoretical course offers an introduction to the main pragmatic proposals developed in the wake of the seminal contributions of Paul Grice.
The course also addresses the tricky issue of the semantics/pragmatics interface and touches upon the cognitive foundations of pragmatics.
The course also addresses the tricky issue of the semantics/pragmatics interface and touches upon the cognitive foundations of pragmatics.
Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)
Familiarising students with the main issues and proposals concerning the scientific analysis of linguistic communication.
Teaching methods and learning activities
Lectures on the basic theoretical concepts + reading some of the pragmatics literature.
Now and then, exercises intended to familiarise students with some formal tools and demanding patterns of reasoning.
References, bibliography, and recommended reading
The reading material will be made available on the virtual university.
Course notes
- Université virtuelle
Other information
Contacts
Antonin Thuns
Antonin.Thuns@ulb.be
Campus
Solbosch
Evaluation
Method(s) of evaluation
- written examination
- Written report
written examination
- Open question with developed answer
- Open question with short answer
Written report
Language(s) of evaluation
- french
- (if applicable english )