Linguistics (LALS)
School of Linguistics and Applied
Language Studies
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
LALS 3504 [0.5 credit]
Pragmatics
The theoretical study of language use as pursued by linguists and philosophers. Topics include: conversational implicature; deixis; the semantics-pragmatics boundary; speaker's reference; speech acts. (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: second-year standing or at least 0.5 credit in Philosophy or Linguistics and Applied Language Studies.
Lectures three hours a week.
