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Linguistics (LALS)

School of Linguistics and Language Studies
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

LALS 3504 [0.5 credit]

Pragmatics

The study of language in its conversational and cultural contexts. Topics include: conversational implicature; deixis; the semantics-pragmatics boundary; speaker's reference; speech acts. May include cross-cultural pragmatics. (Also listed as MCOM 3504 and PHIL 3504.)
Precludes additional credit for LALS 2800 [1.0], MCOM  2800 [1.0], and PHIL 2800 [1.0].
Prerequisite: third-year standing, and one of FYSM  1206, LALS 1000, LALS 1001, PHIL 2001, PHIL/LALS/MCOM  2504 or LALS 3505/PHIL 3506, or the permission of the Department of Philosophy or School of Linguistics and Language Studies.
Lectures three hours a week.

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