Programme

Language as communication and action, illocutionary act, performative, Grice’s cooperation principle, inferences, implicatures, presuppositions, text and discourse, deixis, anaphora, information structure.

Core Documentation

1) C. Caffi, Pragmatica. Sei lezioni, Carocci 2009.
2) C. Andorno, Linguistica testuale, Carocci, 2003 (the first three chapters).

Type of delivery of the course

Classroom taught lessons.

Attendance

Attendance of classes is suggested.

Type of evaluation

Students will undergo an assessment evaluation during class lessons and will have to write a short essay on one of the themes of the programme.