Events
upcoming meetings
27 July 2024
Erving Goffman's Participation FrameWork
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27 July, 2024
8pm - 10pm Nigerian Time. - Zoom
- A Training Session on Theory and Practice in Pragmatics.
url: https://bit.ly/ngmeetn
23 August
Implicature and inference
- 07 July - 21 Aug
- Online
- Filler Topic
11 Sep
Politeness and face work
- 07 July - 21 Aug
- Online
- Filler Topic
07 Nov
Contextualization and pragmatics
- 07 July - 21 Aug
- Online
- Filler Topic
Study sessions
Session 1
implicature and inference
Readings: Selected chapters from Levinson’s “Pragmatics” and Grice’s “Logic and Conversation”
Activities:
– Group discussion: Analyze examples of implicature in everyday conversations
– Exercise: Identify implicit meanings in given dialogues
Session 2
Politeness and Face Work
Readings: Brown and Levinson’s “Politeness: Some Universals in Language Usage”
Activities:
– Case studies: Examine how politeness strategies are used in different cultures
– Role-play: Practice politeness strategies in hypothetical scenarios
Session 3
Contextualization and Pragmatic Inference
Readings: Sperber and Wilson’s “Relevance: Communication and Cognition”
Activities:
– Group analysis: Examine how context influences interpretation in given texts
– Exercise: Draw inferences from implicit cues in short stories
Session 4
Contextualization and pragmatics
Readings: Selected chapters from Levinson’s “Pragmatics” and Grice’s “Logic and Conversation”
Activities:
– Group discussion: Analyze examples of implicature in everyday conversations
– Exercise: Identify implicit meanings in given dialogues
Workshops
Effective Communication Implicature in Action
Objective: Participants will learn to identify and use implicature in everyday conversations.
Activities:
– Lecture: Introduction to implicature
– Group exercises: Identifying implicature in dialogues
– Role-play: Practicing implicature in real-life scenarios
Politeness Strategies for Professionals
Objective: Participants will learn to apply politeness strategies in professional settings.
Activities:
– Lecture: Overview of politeness theories
– Case studies: Analyzing politeness in workplace scenarios
– Group discussion: Sharing personal experiences and best practices
Contextualization in Communication"
Objective: Participants will understand how context influences interpretation.
Activities:
– Lecture: Introduction to contextualization
– Group analysis: Examining context in given texts
– Exercise: Drawing inferences from implicit cues