Philosophy (PHIL)
Department of Philosophy
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
PHIL 3504 [0.5 credit]
Pragmatics
The study of language use 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
COMM 3504 and
LALS 3504).
Precludes additional credit for
LALS 2800 [1.0],
COMM 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/COMM 2504 or
LALS 3505/PHIL 3506; or permission of the Department of Philosophy or School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies.
Lectures three hours a week.