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Cross-cultural Pragmatics - LING5022
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of Languages and Linguistics
 
 
Course Outline: School of Languages and Linguistic Course Outlines
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Postgraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 8
 
 
EFTSL: 0.16667 (more info)
 
 
Indicative 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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