Course

Cross-cultural Pragmatics - LING5022

Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

School: School of International Studies

Course Outline: School of International Studies Course Outlines

Campus: Kensington Campus

Career: Postgraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2

Excluded: MODL2000

CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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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.
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