Seminar in Pragmatics (473-0-20)

Instructors

Eszter Eva Ronai
2016 Sheridan Road
Office Hours: By appt

Meeting Info

Cresap Laboratory 101: Mon, Wed 2:00PM - 3:20PM

Overview of class

This course will focus on in-depth exploration of current research topics in experimental pragmatics. The selection of topics will be informed by student interest.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, students will be able to: 1) identify and explain major concepts, experimental findings, and debates in the field of experimental pragmatics, 2) read original academic publications in experimental pragmatics and identify the methodologies used to address theoretical questions, 3) propose and conduct experiments testing theoretical questions in pragmatics and write summaries of experimental findings.

Teaching Method

Seminar style discussions of assigned materials.

Evaluation Method

In-class article presentations, contribution to an experiment, final paper.

Class Materials (Required)

Class materials will be available online.

Class Materials (Suggested)

N/A