Description
This course looks at how speakers of English use language directly and indirectly to achieve communicative goals, and introduces you to the main theories of pragmatics, different approaches to Politeness and Impoliteness Theory, as well as topics ranging from forensic linguistics to world Englishes.
You will develop the skills to apply corpus analysis tools to investigate and describe pragmatic and discourse phenomena, and to relate what is studied to real-world examples of language in use.
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
Last updated
This module description was last updated on 19th August 2024.
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