Interpreting language: semantic and pragmatic approaches

Language

French

Prerequisites

Students have successfully completed an introductory course in linguistics 

Main themes

This course reviews different approaches in semantics and pragmatics based on a critical analysis of language usage in authentic contexts. Among these currents and approaches, there are: 

• Lexical semantics 
• Sentence-level semantics 
• Cognitive approaches 
• Pragmatic theories of speech acts 
• Gricean and neo-Gricean pragmatics 
• Semantic and pragmatic principles at work at the discourse level and in language evolution. 

Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	Develop knowledge of explanatory perspectives in semantics and pragmatics;
2	Apply theoretical concepts to concrete language situations,d’appliquer des concepts théoriques à des situations langagières concrètes;
3	Demonstrate a good knowledge of different contemporary approaches to semantics and pragmatics.
This learning unit contributes to the development and command of the following skills and learning outcomes of the ELAL programmes: :1.4, 1.6, 2.6, 3.5, 3.6, 6.4, 6.6

Faculty or entity

> ELAL