Undergraduate Course: Pragmatics (LASC10067)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Language Sciences |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The course covers the organization of language above the sentence-level. Classes and assignments will include analysis of naturally occurring data as well as evaluation of various analytical frameworks. Domains covered include cross-sentence discourse phenomena such as coreference, ellipsis, and information structure, as well as the analysis of these phenomena within models of discourse coherence, cooperative communication, and the psycholinguistics of comprehension and production. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students should have at least 3 Linguistics/Language Sciences courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses. |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On completion of the course, students will be able to:
- Understand and discuss important concepts in pragmatics
- Analyse naturally occurring linguistic data for both structure and function
- Evaluate different kinds of explanation in the field of pragmatics
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Assessment Information
1) Four assignments related to readings and class lectures (40%)
2) Final exam (60%)
Assignments and Exam will involve data analysis and theory
application.
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Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Hannah Rohde
Tel: (0131 6)50 6802
Email: Hannah.Rohde@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Francesca Anderson
Tel: (0131 6)50 3961
Email: Frankie.Anderson@ed.ac.uk |
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