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Whereas semantics is concerned with the interpretation of sentences in relation to their subparts, pragmatics is concerned with the interpretation of utterances that is related to but goes (sometimes even very far) beyond sentence semantics, as the utterance of the same sentence can invite different - pragmatic - inferences, depending on the utterance situation composed of e.g. the speaker, the addressee, the place, the time. In this class, we will focus on the phenomena of presupposition and implicature, which lie at the interface between pragmatics and other subfields of linguistics (syntax, semantics, and psycholinguistics) and its neighboring disciplines (e.g. logic, philosophy). The class will be divided into three parts: In the first part, I will do a historical review of research on presupposition and implicature as a recap, in the form of lectures. In the second part, we will deal with case studies of presupposition and implicature in theoretical linguistic. In the thrid part, we will discuss recent advances in experimental pragmatics (i.e. works that aim at promoting interaction between linguistic, psychological, and philosophical approaches to utterance interpretation) with case studies of presupposition and implicature. The second and the third parts will take place in the form of students' presentations and general discussions.
Requirements: Introduction to Linguistics, interest in Semantics and Pragmatics. |
