Pragmatics
COURSE SYLLABUS
Lecturer
Ahmad Sofwan
Jl. Menoreh Selatan 89 Semarang 50236
Mob. 081 2250 1589
Email: sofwan1589@yahoo.com
Venue and time
PPS Lecture Room
Objectives
The goals of this course are
● to give students a basic understanding of pragmatics and its relationship to syntax and
semantics;
● to make students aware of recent work in the field;
● to suggest interesting research topics;
● to promote a general approach to the study of linguistic phenomena which is based on the
analysis of naturally-occurring data, and which draws on insights from all relevant areas
of linguistic theory.
Attendance
Attend every class and arrive on time. Never skip a class in order to complete a late
assignment: come to class, and finish it later. If you expect to be absent due to sickness, death
in the family, or a religious holiday, please notify me before class.
Assessment
Assessment is based on class participation and attendance (10%), Mid test (20%) summary &
presentation (20%), and research paper (50%).
Recommended textbooks
Cruse, D. Alan. 2000. Meaning in Language. New York: Oxford.
Cutting, John. 2008. Pragmatics and Doscourse. 2nd Edition. London: Routledge.
Leech, G.N. 1983. Principles of Pragmatics. Essex: Longman
Levinson, S.C. 1983. Pragmatics. Cambridge: CUP
Levinson, S.C. & Brown.1987. Politeness: Some Universals in Language Use. New York:
CUP
Mey, Jacob L. 1993. Pragmatics. Oxford: OUP.
Rahardi, R.K. 2005. Pragmatik, Kesantunan Imperative Bahasa Indonesia. Jakarta: Erlangga.
Thomas, J. 1995. Meaning in Interaction. Harlow: Longman.
Yule, G. 2003. Pragmatics. Oxford: OUP.
Weekly syllabus
Week 1:
Course overview
Introduction
Week 2:
What is Pragmatics?
Mey, 2003, Chapter 1, 2, 3
Week 3:
What is Pragmatics?
Mey, 2003, Chapter 1, 2, 3
Week 4:
Deixes
Levinson, 1983, Chapter 2
Week 5:
Conversational Implicatures
Thomas, 1995, Chapter 3
Week 6:
Speech acts
Mey, 2003, Chapter 6, 7, 8
Week 7:
Conversational structure
Mey, 2003, Chapter 11-12
Research project guide to be given
Week 8:
Politeness
Thomas, 1995, Chapter 6
Week 9:
Mid Test
Week 10:
Deixes
Research article
Week 11:
Conversational Implicatures
Research article
Week 12:
Speec acts
Research article
Week 13:
Conversational structure
Research article
Research project guide to be given
Week 14:
Politeness
Research article
Week 14:
Review and Wrap-up
Week 14:
Final examination