Programme

- Speech Acts theory. Locution, illocution, perlocution.
- The Cooperation Principle and the theory of conversational
implicatures. Relevance theory.
- The linguistic and extralinguistic context. Ambiguity.
- The context. Deixis and Anaphora.
- Face and Politeness.
- Culture and Language. Linguistics, anthropology, ethnography.
- Linguistic presuppositions: existence presupposition, truth
presupposition.
- Pragmatic presuppositions: felicity condicions.
- Information Structure of the Utterance: Given and New, Theme
and Rheme, Fore- and Background.

Core Documentation

1) Bianchi, Claudia. (2003). Pragmatica del linguaggio. Roma-Bari, Laterza.

2) Lombardi Vallauri, Edoardo. (2009). La struttura informativa. Forma e funzione negli enunciati linguistici. Roma, Carocci.

Reference Bibliography

1) Bianchi, Claudia. (2003). Pragmatica del linguaggio. Roma-Bari, Laterza. 2) Lombardi Vallauri, Edoardo. (2009). La struttura informativa. Forma e funzione negli enunciati linguistici. Roma, Carocci.

Type of delivery of the course

Written test

Attendance

Written test

Type of evaluation

Open questions