Universität Wien

122224 SE Linguistics Seminar / BA Paper / MA historical & descriptive linguistics (2011W)

Historical pragmatics

11.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Continuous assessment of course work

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Details

max. 18 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 10.10. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Monday 17.10. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Monday 24.10. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Monday 31.10. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Monday 07.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Monday 14.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Monday 21.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Monday 28.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Monday 05.12. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Monday 12.12. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Monday 09.01. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Monday 16.01. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Monday 23.01. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Monday 30.01. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Content:
The goal of the seminar is to introduce diachronic pragmatics, a young and relatively unknown discipline, which constitutes an interface between two well-established areas of linguistic investigation: pragmatics and historical studies. First, the aims and methodological assumptions of the discipline will be presented with special emphasis on the main aim of historical pragmaticists, i.e. investigating old documents in search for traces of orality. In the course of the seminar the students will work on individual projects geared at analysing historical data (literary texts, diaries, letters, etc.) within the framework of diachronic pragmatics in order to establish the degree of "pragmaticity" of the old sources.

Assessment and permitted materials

Assessment: class participation; oral paper presentation; final written essay.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Aims:
The aim of the course is to grasp the interface between the methodologies traditionally employed by synchronic pragmatics and their applications to the new field of diachronic pragmatics coping with “bad data”, i.e. the analysis of spoken language of the past on the basis of written sources.

Examination topics

Method:
Oral presentations of assigned topics followed by a discussion and a written version of the paper.

Reading list

Reading:
A course reader will be provided.


Association in the course directory

Studium: Diplom 343, UF 344, BA 612, ME 812;
Code/Modul: Diplom 222, 226/228, 236/238, 721-723, 821, UF 4.2.3-222, BA06.2, M04
Lehrinhalt: 12-0211

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