Course Syllabus
Titolo
Pragmatica interculturale
Argomenti e articolazione del corso
Nel corso saranno introdotte le nozioni di base della linguistica applicata e la sua metodologia di ricerca. Saranno fornite le coordinate essenziali relative alle principali articolazioni della disciplina. Inoltre, sarà proposto un approfondimento sui temi della pragmatica interculturale e della traduzione interlinguistica.
Il corso si concentrerà principalmente sul rapporto tra lingua e cultura nelle sue manifestazioni linguistiche: rappresentazioni del sé e dell'altro,deissi personale, spaziale, temporale, cortesia, ecc.
Obiettivi
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Gli studenti apprenderanno le nozioni di base della linguistica applicata, con particolare riferimento ai temi della pragmatica interculturale e della traduzione interlinguistica. Inoltre, saranno apprese le nozioni necessarie per avere accesso alla vasta bibliografia della ricerca linguistica applicata
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Metodologie utilizzate
Lezioni frontali ed esercitazioni; il corso sarà tenuto in lingua inglese
Materiali didattici (online, offline)
Slides, handouts
Programma e bibliografia per i frequentanti
Senft, G. (2014), Understanding Pragmatics, London and New York, Routledge
Senft,
G./Östman,
J.-O./Verschueren, J. (eds.) (2009), Culture and language
use, Amsterdam-Philadelphia,
John Benjamins (capitoli Introduction, Aisatsu, Anthropological
linguistics, Franz Boas, Cognitive Anthropology, Culture,
Elicitation, Ethnography, Ethnography of speaking, Fieldwork,
Honorifics, Wilhelm von Humboldt, Intercultural communication,
Interview, Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski, Edward Sapir, Taxonomy
Benjamin Lee Whorf)
Articoli del numero monografico della rivista HAU - Journal of Ethnographic Theory, Vol. 4, 2, 2014 ("Translating worlds: the epistemological space of translation"): https://www.haujournal.org/index.php/hau/issue/view/hau4.2
Dispense
Programma e bibliografia per i non frequentanti
Senft, G. (2014), Understanding Pragmatics, London and New York, Routledge
Senft, G./Östman, J.-O./Verschueren, J. (eds.) (2009), Culture and language use, Amsterdam-Philadelphia, John Benjamins (capitoli Introduction, Aisatsu, Anthropological linguistics, Franz Boas, Cognitive Anthropology, Culture, Elicitation, Ethnography, Ethnography of speaking, Fieldwork, Honorifics, Wilhelm von Humboldt, Intercultural communication, Interview, Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski, Edward Sapir, Taxonomy Benjamin Lee Whorf)
Articoli del numero monografico della rivista HAU - Journal of Ethnographic Theory, Vol. 4, 2, 2014 ("Translating worlds: the epistemological space of translation"): https://www.haujournal.org/index.php/hau/issue/view/hau4.2
Dispense
Modalità d'esame
Colloquio orale, costituito da una serie di domande sul programma d’esame. Le risposte saranno valutate sulla base dei seguenti criteri di valutazione: pertinenza rispetto al quesito, rigore terminologico, esaustività, completezza, capacità di rielaborazione e di sintesi, capacità di argomentazione
Orario di ricevimento
Giovedì: 14.30-16.30
Durata dei programmi
I programmi valgono due anni accademici.
Cultori della materia e Tutor
Course title
Intercultural Pragmatics
Topics and course structure
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During the course, the basic notions of applied linguistics and of its methodology of research will be illustrated. Students will be introduced to the subfields of the discipline. In particular, the course will focus on the topics of intercultural pragmatics and interlinguistic translation. The course will focus mainly on the relationship bewteen language and culture in its linguistic expressions: representation of the Self and the Other, personal, spatial, temporal deixis, politeness, etc.
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Objectives
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Students will become familiar with the basic notions of applied linguistics, in particular in the fields of intercultural pragmatics and of interlinguistic translation. Students will also acquire the notions needed to access the vast literature in the field of applied linguistics |
Methodologies
Lectures, exercises; the course will be held in English
Online and offline teaching materials
Slides, handouts
Programme and references for attending students
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Senft, G. (2014), Understanding Pragmatics, London and New York, Routledge
Senft, G./Östman, J.-O./Verschueren, J. (eds.) (2009), Culture and language use, Amsterdam-Philadelphia, John Benjamins (chapters Introduction, Aisatsu, Anthropological linguistics, Franz Boas, Cognitive Anthropology, Culture, Elicitation, Ethnography, Ethnography of speaking, Fieldwork, Honorifics, Wilhelm von Humboldt, Intercultural communication, Interview, Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski, Edward Sapir, Taxonomy Benjamin Lee Whorf) Articles of the special issue HAU. Journal of Ethnographic Theory, Vol. 4, 2, 2014 ("Translating worlds: the epistemological space of translation"): https://www.haujournal.org/index.php/hau/issue/view/hau4.2 Handouts |
Programme and references for non-attending students
Senft, G. (2014), Understanding Pragmatics, London and New York, Routledge Senft, G./Östman, J.-O./Verschueren, J. (eds.) (2009), Culture and language use, Amsterdam-Philadelphia, John Benjamins (chapters Introduction, Aisatsu, Anthropological linguistics, Franz Boas, Cognitive Anthropology, Culture, Elicitation, Ethnography, Ethnography of speaking, Fieldwork, Honorifics, Wilhelm von Humboldt, Intercultural communication, Interview, Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski, Edward Sapir, Taxonomy Benjamin Lee Whorf) Articles of the special issue HAU. Journal of Ethnographic Theory, Vol. 4, 2, 2014 ("Translating worlds: the epistemological space of translation"): https://www.haujournal.org/index.php/hau/issue/view/hau4.2 Handouts |
Assessment methods
Oral examination, based on questions about the course program. Answers will be graded on the basis of the following criteria: relevance, correct use of technical terminology, completeness, writing and argumentative skills
Office hours
Thursday: 2.30 p.m. - 4.30 p.m.
Programme validity
The programme is valid for two academic years.
Course tutors and assistants
Students' opinion
Bibliography
Staff
- Federica Da Milano