UNSW Handbook Course - Cross-cultural Pragmatics

Cross-cultural Pragmatics - LING5022


	Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
	School: Linguistics
	Course Outline: http://languages.arts.unsw.edu.au/
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Postgraduate
	Units of Credit: 8
	EFTSL: 0.167 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 2
	Excluded: MODL2000
	Fee Band: 1 (more info)
	Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

Looks at the place of language in social, institutional, and cultural contexts, especially the pragmatic sources of language breakdowns and communicative misencounters by identifying and describing major factors in communicative events. Analysis of a range of case studies to illustrate different methods of analysis and sources of miscommunication.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, students should be able to:

Analyse and explain the place of language in social, institutional, and cultural contexts
Explain the pragmatic sources of language breakdowns and communicative misencounters by identifying and describing major factors in communicative events
Demonstrate an understanding of a range of different methods of analysis and sources of miscommunication.

Assessment

Assignment 1 - 20%
Assignment 2 - 25%
Assignment 3 - 55%

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