This unit equips participants with the tools for analysis of how meaning is constructed in context through spoken and written language. The content includes speech act theory; politeness and face; the cooperative principle and implicature; relevance theory; cultural scripts; and metaphor. There is an emphasis on analysing how communication operates in different cultural contexts, and on accessing and interpreting current research. Communication in social and institutional contexts, language in the media, and practical implications for language learning and translating/interpreting are explored. -- Course Website
Instructor: Dr Jill Murray
Prerequisites: Admission to MAppLing or PGDipAppLing or PGCertAppLing or MAuslEngInt or PGDipAuslEngInt or MSpchLngPath or MCommDis or MConfIntÂ