VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI
UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
FACULTY OF LINGUISTICS AND CULTURE OF ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES
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UNDERGRADUATE SYLLABUS: PRAGMATICS (ENG2002)
1. INSTRUCTORS:
Name and Title Research interests Phone Email
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Phạm Thị Hạnh Phonetics and Phonology, 0336163003
[email protected] Syntax, Semantics,
Pragmatics.
Võ Đại Quang Phonetics and Phonology, 01688131029
[email protected] Pragmatics, Semantics,
Discourse Analysis
Phạm Xuân Thọ Phonetics and Phonology, 0913385159
[email protected] Syntax, Semantics,
Pragmatics
Phạm Thị
Thanh Thủy
Pragmatics, Language
Acquisition, Discourse
0962791780
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Analysis
Nguyễn Thị Linh Phonetics and Phonology, 0904909957 o n [email protected]
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2. PREREQUISITES: Introduction to English Linguistics 1&2
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3. COREQUISITES: Level B2 in the CEFR (or Oral/Written communication 6)
4. SUBSEQUENT COURSES: English Semantics, English Discourse Analysis
5. COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course is designed to help students to develop an understanding of the fundamentals of
English pragmatics and skills in pragmatic analysis. There is no prerequisite other than a good
command of English. The course will focus on major areas: Context, Deixis, Reference,
Presupposition, Entailment, Implicatures, Speech acts, Politeness, Conversation styles, and
Cross-cultural Pragmatics.
Class periods will be a mixture of lectures, discussion of readings, presentations, and in-class
tutorials. The schedule includes, but is not limited to, the following questions thorough
understanding of which is sought on the part of students.
6. COURSE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
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The subject is designed to: Develop students’ knowledge of the form, meaning and use of
language and the principles involved in the interpretation of communication; Develop students’
awareness and knowledge of the contextual influences which affect English language in use.
Upon completion of the subject, the students will be able to: Demonstrate an understanding of
the ways of describing meaning in contexts; Demonstrate an understanding of frameworks for
describing conversational principles; Identify and describe universal and culturally-specific
aspects of communication; and Demonstrate a working understanding of different methods in
pragmatic research
7. TEACHING MATERIALS
Main textbook
Yule, G. (1996). Pragmatics. Oxford: OUP
Recommended references
LoCastro, V. (2003). An Introduction to Pragmatics. (2nd Ed.). USA: University of Michigan.
Mey, J. L. (2001). Pragmatics – An Introduction. USA: Blackwell.
Peccei, J. S. (1999). Pragmatics. London: Routledge.
Grundy (2006). Doing Pragmatics.
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Occasionally, you may have reading materials photocopied to supplement your texts on
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particular topics, but for the most part, these books provide all the requisite information for the
course. You are also asked to search the net or other sources for relevant readings.
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8. COURSE STRUCTURE AND TEACHING METHODS
Class periods will be a mixture of lectures, discussion of readings, and in-class tutorials. There
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are 3 contact hours per week in the semester. The schedule includes, but is not limited to, the
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following questions thorough understanding of which is sought on the part of students.
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This course will be delivered over a period of 15 weeks.
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Week Topics to be covered Readings
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- Definitions and background - Yule (1996), Chapter 1
- What is pragmatics - Grundy (2006), Chapter 1
(17/8 – 23/8) - Syntax, semantics and pragmatics - Peccei (1999), Chapter 1
- Context - Yule (1996), Chapters 2, 3
- Deixis - Grundy (2006), Chapter2
- Reference - LoCastro (2003), Chapter 3
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- Presupposition, Types of - Yule (1996), Chapter 4
presupposition, The projection - Grundy (2006), chapter 4, 6
(24/8 – 30/8) problems - Peccei (1999), Chapters 2, 3
- Entailments - LoCastro (2003), Chapter 4
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- Implicatures, Types of - Yule (1996), Chapter 5
Implicatures: Conventional & - Grundy (2006), chapter 5
(31/8 – 06/9) Conversational implicatures - Peccei (1996), Chapters 4, 5
- The cooperative principle
- Conversational maxims
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- Sentences vs. Utterances, Types - Yule’s (1996), Chapter 6
of Utterances - Grundy (2006), chapter 3
(07/9 – 13/9) - Speech acts: Locutionary, - Peccei (1999), Chapters 6, 7
illocutionary and perlocutionary - Mey, J. L. (2001), Chapter 5
- Types of Speech acts (Austin’s,
Searl’s…)
- Felicity conditions
- Direct and indirect speech acts
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- Face and Politeness - Yule (1996), Chapter 7
- Face - Grundy (2006), chapter7
(14/9 – 20/9) - Face need and face wants - Peccei (1999),Chapter 8
- Positive and negative face - LoCastro (2003), Chapter 6
- Politeness
- How to perform an FSA
- How to perform an FTA
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- Conversation Analysis - Yule (1996), Chapter 8
- Pauses, Overlaps, Backchannels - Grundy (2006), chapter 9
(21/9 – 27/9) - Conversation styles - Mey, J. L. (2001), Chapter 6
- Adjacency pairs
- Preference structure.
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- The role of utterances in speech - Yule ( 1996), chapter 6
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(28/9 – 04/10) - Conversation as speech events
- SPEAKING framework
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- Cross-cultural and Second - Grundy (2006), chapter 11
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language pragmatic research: - LoCastro (2003), Chapter 11
(05/10 – 11/10) Design and research topics - LoCastro (2003), Chapter 12
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Data collection methods
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(12/10 – 18/10)
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(19/10 – 25/10) Presentation Preparation 2
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Group reports and presentations Yule ( 1996), Grundy (2006), Mey, J. L.
(2001), LoCastro (2003)
(26/10 – 01/11)
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Group reports and presentations Yule ( 1996), Grundy (2006), Mey, J. L.
(2001), LoCastro (2003)
(02/11 – 08/11)
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Group reports and presentations Yule ( 1996), Grundy (2006), Mey, J. L.
(2001), LoCastro (2003)
(09/11 – 15/11)
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Group reports and presentations Yule ( 1996), Grundy (2006), Mey, J. L.
(2001), LoCastro (2003)
(16/11 – 22/11)
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Revision, Q & A Yule ( 1996), Grundy (2006), Mey, J. L.
(2001), LoCastro (2003)
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(23/11 – 29/11)
9. COURSE POLICY:
Students are expected to:
- Attend at least 80% of the total class hours
- Actively prepare for the class (read and reflect on what they have read for each class
meeting)
- Actively participate in the class activities
- Work cooperatively and collaboratively with peers
- Complete mid-term group’s written report and presentation work by the due date.
10. ASSESSMENT AND GRADING:
Form Weighting Task Purpose
- Students have to participate - To help students understand the
actively in the course by taking part lectures better.
Participation 10% in discussion, doing homework
exercises and reading.
- Students are divided into groups of - To assess students’ understanding of
about 4-5 members. the topics covered and their ability to
Mid-term - Each group is required to choose a apply this understanding to practical
Report and 30% topic from the syllabus and design tasks.
Presentation exercises for their classmates to
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- Students answer both theoretical - To assess students’ understanding of
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Final Test and practical questions. the topics covered in the course and
(Date: TBA) 60%
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to solve practical problems.
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Please note the following rules concerning presentations and assignments:
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You must have the recommended course book, and you must read each chapter before
you go to class.
• Sharing of resources is critical, so find out more books, journal articles on pragmatics
either in the library, or on the Internet. There’s lots of good stuff on the Net.
• There are severe penalties for failing to turn in assignment on time. If, for any reason,
you are unable to turn in your assignments when they are due, you must contact me in
advance and obtain my permission for alternative arrangements.
• A mid-term report and presentation must be completed to pass the course.
11. UNIVERSITY PLAGIARISM POLICY:
• Cheating is an offence course to University disciplinary procedures.
• Plagiarism in oral, written or visual presentations is the presentation of the work, idea or
creation of another person, without appropriate referencing, as though it is one’s own.
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• Failure to acknowledge the use of another person’s work or ideas may result in charges
of academic misconduct which carry a range of penalties including cancellation of results
and exclusion from your program
• Works detected plagiarism will be marked down to 0.
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