Mass Communication (MCOM)
School of Journalism and Communication
Faculty of Public Affairs
MCOM 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
LALS 3504 and
PHIL 3504.)
Precludes additional credit for
MCOM 2800,
LALS 2800 and
PHIL 2800.
Prerequisite: second-year standing or at least 0.5 credit in Philosophy or Linguistics and Applied Language Studies.
Lectures and discussion three hours a week.
