Spanish Linguistics 3

Course Code :	1109FLWTLS
Study domain:	Linguistics and Proficiency
Academic year:	2017-2018
Semester:	2nd semester
Contact hours:	45
Credits:	6
Study load (hours):	168
Contract restrictions:	No contract restriction
Language of instruction:	Spanish
Exam period:	exam in the 2nd semester
Lecturer(s)	Pedro Gras Patricia Galiana

1. Prerequisites *

At the start of this course the student should have acquired the following competences:

competences corresponding the final attainment level of secondary school

an active knowledge of

other languages
Spanish (B2)

The course is taught is Spanish (both lectures and learning activities). The Spanish level required is the leved reached at the end of the course Spaanse Taalbeheersing 3.

a passive knowledge of

French
English

Students are required to read specialized literature in French and English.

general knowledge of the use of a PC and the Internet

specific prerequisites for this course

Linguistic concepts adquired in previous education (secondary education, Algemene Taalkunde, Spaanse Taalkunde 1 y 2). In addition, this course presupposes the command of the linguistic phenomena covered in Spaans: Grammatica 1-2 en Spaanse Taalbeheersing 1-3.

2. Learning outcomes *

Use pragmatic concepts in the analysis of Spanish linguistic phenomena.
Identify the pragmatic meaning of specific instances of usage (speech acts, deictic forms, discourse markers, polyfunctional expressions).
Read specialized literature on Spanish Pragmatics.
Use the main Spanish corpora, both written and spoken.

3. Course contents *

1. Communication: codification and inference

2. Speech Acts

3. Discourse markers

4. Grammar and Pragmatics

4 International dimension*

The course has an international dimension.

The lecturer teaches in a language other than Dutch

The lecturer uses course materials in a foreign language

Students learn to give presentations in another language

Students learn to write papers in another language

The lecturer invites international and/or foreign language speaking guest lecturers

The lecturer teaches the subject of the course mainly as an internationally oriented comparison

The lecturer gives information about his own cultural frame of reference in relation to other perspectives

The lecturer actively uses the presence of international students to create an international classroom

5. Teaching method and planned learning activities

Class contact teaching

Lectures

Practice sessions

Seminars/Tutorials

Guest lectures

Personal work

Exercises

Assignments Individually

Assignments In group

Paper In group

5.3 Facilities for working students *

Others

Students who cannot attend contact hours can contact the professor to obtain information about the course.

6. Assessment method and criteria

Examination

Written examination without oral presentation

Closed book

Open-question

Continuous assessment

Exercises

Assignments

Written assignment

With oral presentation

7. Study material *

7.1 Required reading

Course packet available at the beginning of the course.

7.2 Optional reading

The following study material can be studied voluntarily :

ESCANDELL, V. (1996): Introducción a la Pragmática, Barcelona, Ariel.

ESCANDELL, V. (2005): La comunicación, Madrid, Gredos.

LEVINSON, S. (1983): Pragmática, Barcelona, Teide, 1989.

PONS, S. (2005): La enseñanza de la pragmática en la clase de E/LE, Madrid, Arco/Libros.

PORTOLÉS, J. (2004): Pragmática para hispanistas, Madrid, Síntesis.

REYES, G. (1990): La Pragmática lingüística, Barcelona, Montesinos.

REYES, G. (1995): El ABC de la pragmática, Madrid, Arco/Libros.

RUIZ, L. (2007): Hechos pragmáticos del español, Alicante, Publicaciones de la Universidad de Alicante.

8. Contact information *

Pedro Gras (pedro.gras@uantwerpen.be), R.227.

Patricia Galiana (patricia.galiana@uantwerpen.be), R.228.