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Discourse particles (or pragmatic particles) are small items that typically convey non-truth conditional meanings concerning the speaker's perspectives on linguistic and extralinguistic contexts. The relevant contexts include the hearer's cognitive state (knowledge, belief, etc.), the degree of the veracity of the propositional content of an utterance, the relation of the current utterance to the previous ones, etc. This course will introduce the students to popular analytical frameworks that are useful for studying discourse particles (e.g. theories of focus, topic, questions, discourse structure) and survey previous studies on discourse particles (mainly) in Asian languages. At the end of the course, students will have a clear idea of the functions of discourse particles, understand formal analyses of them, and be ready to do his/her own analysis of a selected discourse particle.
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Discourse particles (or pragmatic particles) are small items that typically convey non-truth conditional meanings concerning the speaker's perspectives on linguistic and extralinguistic contexts. The relevant contexts include the hearer's cognitive state (knowledge, belief, etc.), the degree of the veracity of the propositional content of an utterance, the relation of the current utterance to the previous ones, etc. This course will introduce the students to popular analytical frameworks that are useful for studying discourse particles (e.g. theories of focus, topic, questions, discourse structure) and survey previous studies on discourse particles (mainly) in Asian languages. At the end of the course, students will have a clear idea of the functions of discourse particles, understand formal analyses of them, and be ready to do his/her own analysis of a selected discourse particle.
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The class will read papers on discourse particles and textbook chapters on related semantic/pragmatic phenomena.
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The class will read papers on discourse particles and textbook chapters on related semantic/pragmatic phenomena.
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discourse particles, semantics, pragmatics
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discourse particles, semantics, pragmatics
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Each week, the class will read one or two papers. See the syllabus handed out on the first day of the class for a detailed schedule.
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Each week, the class will read one or two papers. See the syllabus handed out on the first day of the class for a detailed schedule.
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Assignments 30%
Term paper 40%
Participation 30%
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Assignments 30%
Term paper 40%
Participation 30%
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- Prerequisites: Semantics/Pragmatics (or an equivalent course)
- In principle, the class will be conducted in Japanese. However, (almost) all course readings are in English, and students are strongly encouraged to write their assignments and term paper in English.
- To Ph.D students who wish to take this course: please e-mail the lecturer before the first class meeting.
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- Prerequisites: Semantics/Pragmatics (or an equivalent course)
- In principle, the class will be conducted in Japanese. However, (almost) all course readings are in English, and students are strongly encouraged to write their assignments and term paper in English.
- To Ph.D students who wish to take this course: please e-mail the lecturer before the first class meeting.
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