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LANGUAGE IN USE: INTRODUCTION TO PRAGMATICS (LEVEL 2)
Country
United Kingdom - England
Host Institution
University College London
Program(s)
Summer at University College London
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Linguistics
UCEAP Course Number
125
UCEAP Course Suffix
S
UCEAP Official Title
LANGUAGE IN USE: INTRODUCTION TO PRAGMATICS (LEVEL 2)
UCEAP Transcript Title
INTRO TO PRAGMATICS
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description

This course is an introduction to linguistic pragmatics, an interdisciplinary subfield of linguistics which studies the relationship between language form and language use. It seeks to understand what it is to use language or what we do when we use language (Verschueren 1999). The course is divided into three units: the basic theoretical concepts in pragmatics, such as Grice’s maxims of conversation, conversational implicatures, deixis, and speech acts; key analytical (and contentious) issues such as salience and implicit meaning by analyzing different types of discourse; and the analysis of conversational interaction. Here, students explore such phenomena as turn-taking and preference structure, politeness phenomena, formulaic language, humor, and pragmatic/discourse markers. 


 

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
ISSU0136
Host Institution Course Title
LANGUAGE IN USE: INTRODUCTION TO PRAGMATICS (LEVEL 2)
Host Institution Campus
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Centre for Languages and International Education

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DISCOURSE ANALYSIS: COHESION IN ENGLISH
Country
France
Host Institution
University of Bordeaux
Program(s)
University of Bordeaux
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Linguistics
UCEAP Course Number
108
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
DISCOURSE ANALYSIS: COHESION IN ENGLISH
UCEAP Transcript Title
DISCOURSE ANALYSIS
UCEAP Quarter Units
3.00
UCEAP Semester Units
2.00
Course Description

This course familiarizes students with the fundamental semantic notion of cohesion. Indeed, it is cohesion that makes it possible to form a discursive whole, whether written or oral. The main cohesive links defined by Halliday and Hasan's COHESION IN ENGLISH (1976) are reviewed, defined and discussed: reference, substitution, ellipsis, the main types of reiteration and comparison. Conjunction and collocation are omitted. Each lesson is devoted to recognizing, locating, and activating these various links.

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
4LISM11
Host Institution Course Title
DISCOURSE ANALYSIS: COHESION IN ENGLISH
Host Institution Campus
UNIVERSITY BORDEAUX MONTAIGNE
Host Institution Faculty
LANGUAGES
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
ENGLISH

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LITERARY LINGUISTICS
Country
Hong Kong
Host Institution
University of Hong Kong
Program(s)
University of Hong Kong
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Linguistics English
UCEAP Course Number
124
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
LITERARY LINGUISTICS
UCEAP Transcript Title
LITERARY LINGUISTIC
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description

This course examines how linguistic forms and literary devices are related to aesthetic effects and ideological functions. It will analyze and discuss how the choice and the patterning of words, sounds and images orchestrate to embody, mediate and elicit feelings and thoughts, and views and values. Topics include: towards characterizing literary linguistics; collocation, deviation and word play; prosody, parallelism and performance; discourse into discourse; narration and representation of speech and thought; reader positioning and response.

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
ENGL2007
Host Institution Course Title
LITERARY LINGUISTICS
Host Institution Campus
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department

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ENGLISH SYNTAX
Country
Spain
Host Institution
University of Barcelona
Program(s)
University of Barcelona
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Linguistics English
UCEAP Course Number
109
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
ENGLISH SYNTAX
UCEAP Transcript Title
ENGLISH SYNTAX
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description

The course focuses on the main concepts of unification-based syntax and their application to the analysis of English. It examines the features that make up sentences, syntagms, words, and grammatical morphemes.

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
362743
Host Institution Course Title
ENGLISH SYNTAX
Host Institution Campus
Campus Plaça Universitat
Host Institution Faculty
Facultat de Filologia i Comunicació
Host Institution Degree
English Studies
Host Institution Department
Department of Modern Languages, Modern Literature and English Studies

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ANCIENT EGYPTIAN TEXTS 1A
Country
United Kingdom - Scotland
Host Institution
University of Glasgow
Program(s)
University of Glasgow
UCEAP Course Level
Lower Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Linguistics
UCEAP Course Number
50
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN TEXTS 1A
UCEAP Transcript Title
ANCIENT EGYPT TEXTS
UCEAP Quarter Units
4.00
UCEAP Semester Units
2.70
Course Description
This course teaches students how to read ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. As well as learning to recognize the most common signs, students are also grounded in Middle Egyptian grammar with a view to reading funerary inscriptions. The religious and social lives of the ancient Egyptians are also studied to put the course's texts into their cultural context.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
ADED1006E
Host Institution Course Title
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN TEXTS 1A
Host Institution Campus
Host Institution Faculty
Short Courses
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department

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HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Country
Spain
Host Institution
Complutense University of Madrid
Program(s)
Complutense University of Madrid
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Linguistics English
UCEAP Course Number
118
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
UCEAP Transcript Title
HIST/ENGLISH LANG
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description

This course provides a study of the history and evolution of the English language. It examines the major phases and commonly recognized periods of English, the main changes and characteristics of each phase, and the historical and cultural context in which they developed. Topics covered include: fundamentals of historical-comparative linguistics; English among the Germanic languages; migration of Germanic groups to England; Old English; Middle English; Modern English; late Modern English; Contemporary English and new perspectives on change.

Language(s) of Instruction
Host Institution Course Number
802207,806489
Host Institution Course Title
HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Host Institution Campus
Campus de Ciudad Universitaria
Host Institution Faculty
Facultad de Filología
Host Institution Degree
Grado en Estudios Ingleses
Host Institution Department
Departamento de Filología Inglesa I

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LANGUAGE, CULTURE, AND COMMUNICATION
Country
China
Host Institution
Peking University, Beijing
Program(s)
Peking University
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Linguistics
UCEAP Course Number
110
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
LANGUAGE, CULTURE, AND COMMUNICATION
UCEAP Transcript Title
LANG/CULTURE & COMM
UCEAP Quarter Units
3.00
UCEAP Semester Units
2.00
Course Description

Language is often considered a “tool” of communication, but what kind of “tool” is it? What are some other ways of perceiving language? Do people with different mother tongues and cultures tend to think and behave differently? How do misunderstandings in intercultural communication happen? How can we develop a competence that will enable us to reach better understanding of ourselves as well as people from various cultures? These are some of the questions examined in this course. The course introduces some major topics concerning language, culture, and intercultural communication.

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
3835710
Host Institution Course Title
LANGUAGE, CULTURE, AND COMMUNICATION
Host Institution Campus
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
English Language & Literature

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JAPANESE PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY
Country
Japan
Host Institution
Waseda University
Program(s)
Waseda University
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Linguistics
UCEAP Course Number
105
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
JAPANESE PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY
UCEAP Transcript Title
JAPANESE PHONETICS
UCEAP Quarter Units
3.00
UCEAP Semester Units
2.00
Course Description

This course examines Japanese phonetics and phonology, dealing with segmental and prosodic aspects of the language. Lectures focus on the typical characteristics of the sound systems of Japanese in relation to phonetic and phonological theories. The course focuses mainly on theory, but practical pronunciation training is included to aid understanding of the theories. 

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
CO322
Host Institution Course Title
JAPANESE PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY
Host Institution Campus
Waseda University
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
SILS - Communications

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INTERMEDIATE PRAGMATICS
Country
United Kingdom - England
Host Institution
University College London
Program(s)
University College London
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Linguistics
UCEAP Course Number
127
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
INTERMEDIATE PRAGMATICS
UCEAP Transcript Title
INTERMED PRAGMATICS
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description

The course covers different theories of human communication and utterance comprehension are discussed, including Gricean, neo-Gricean, and relevance-theoretic approaches. The specific topics and data discussed vary from year to year but are taken from the following list: referring expressions and speaker’s reference, conversational implicatures, pragmatic enrichments of explicit content, word meaning modulation, unarticulated constituents, indexical saturation, and non-literal uses of language (metaphor, hyperbole, metonymy, irony).

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
PLIN0010
Host Institution Course Title
INTERMEDIATE PRAGMATICS
Host Institution Campus
Host Institution Faculty
Division of Psychology and Language Sciences
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department

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GAELIC IDENTITIES AND SOCIOLINGUISTICS
Country
United Kingdom - Scotland
Host Institution
University of Edinburgh
Program(s)
University of Edinburgh
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Linguistics Celtic Studies
UCEAP Course Number
128
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
GAELIC IDENTITIES AND SOCIOLINGUISTICS
UCEAP Transcript Title
GAELIC IDENTITIES
UCEAP Quarter Units
8.00
UCEAP Semester Units
5.30
Course Description

This course considers the shifting nature of Gaelic identities in Scotland from the Middle Ages to the present and assesses the ideological and discursive presentation of these identities. The course also addresses the current sociolinguistic dynamics of the language, particularly in relation to the effect of English-Gaelic bilingualism and the impact of recent revitalization initiatives.

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
CELT10051
Host Institution Course Title
GAELIC IDENTITIES AND SOCIOLINGUISTICS
Host Institution Campus
Edinburgh
Host Institution Faculty
School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
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