Exercice - Notions of semantics and pragmatics

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the history of literature

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Introduction to linguistics and discourse analysis

1.1. Signs and languages

1.1. Signs and languages

1.1.1. Signs, language systems (langages) and languages (langues). The linguistic sign. Saussure’s theory
1.1.2. Types of signs: Charles Sanders Peirce
1.1.3. Peirce and his triadic model: the representamen, the object, the interpretant

1.2. Communication: From Sign to Discourse

1.2. Communication: From Sign to Discourse

1.2.1. Communication model. Functions of Language
1.2.2. Verbal and non-verbal communication. The Double Articulation of Language
1.2.3. Language and speech, language and discourse

1.3. Discursive Typologies

1.3. Discursive Typologies

1.3.1. The main types of discourse
1.3.2. Discursive genres
1.3.3. Raymond Queneau, <em>Exercises in Style</em>, 1947 (an example illustrating discursive typologies and the transformation of the same narrative).

1.4. Discourse and subjectivity

1.4. Discourse and subjectivity

1.4.1. Enunciation, deixis, modalization
1.4.2. Registers and tones
1.4.3. Discourse and history, commented world and narrated world

1.5. The voices of the text

1.5. The voices of the text

1.5.1. Dialogue, dialogism and polyphony
1.5.2. Direct, indirect, free indirect and narrated speech
1.5.3. Other forms of including another’s speech: irony, concession and negation

1.6. Notions of semantics and pragmatics

1.6. Notions of semantics and pragmatics

1.6.1. Denotation and connotation
1.6.2. The implicit: presuppositions, implied meanings and implicatures
1.6.3. Speech acts

1.7. From classical rhetoric to textual linguistics

1.7. From classical rhetoric to textual linguistics

1.7.1. The three genres of the classical rhetorical tradition
1.7.2. Categories of classical rhetoric for discourse analysis
1.7.3. Cohesion and coherence

1.8. Argumentative discourse

1.8. Argumentative discourse

1.8.1. Theme, thesis, arguments and examples
1.8.2. Types of reasoning and types of arguments
1.8.3. Connectors (toolbox)

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Introduction to literary analysis

2.1. Signs and languages

2.1. Signs and languages

2.1.1. Signs, languages and tongues. Saussure's theory
2.1.2. Types of signs: Charles S. Peirce
2.1.3. Peirce and his triadic model: the representamen, the object, the interpretant
2.1.4. Case study: Jorge Luis Borges, end of « Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius » (language creates reality)

2.2. From sign to discourse

2.2. From sign to discourse

2.2.1. Communication diagram. Functions of language
2.2.2. Verbal and non-verbal communication. The double articulation of language
2.2.3. Language and speech, language and discourse
2.2.4. Case study: Persian legend (ambiguity of gestures), versions by B. Atxaga (Spanish), Jean Cocteau (French), Somerset Maugham (English)

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3.1. Signs and languages

3.1. Signs and languages

3.1.1. Signs, languages and tongues. Saussure's theory
3.1.2. Types of signs: Charles S. Peirce
3.1.3. Peirce and his triadic model: the representamen, the object, the interpretant
3.1.4. Case study: Jorge Luis Borges, end of « Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius » (language creates reality)

3.2. From sign to discourse

3.2. From sign to discourse

3.2.1. Communication diagram. Functions of language
3.2.2. Verbal and non-verbal communication. The double articulation of language
3.2.3. Language and speech, language and discourse
3.2.4. Case study: Persian legend (ambiguity of gestures), versions by B. Atxaga (Spanish), Jean Cocteau (French), Somerset Maugham (English)

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Glossary

(free) indirect speech

1.5.2. Direct, Indirect, Free Indirect and Narrativized Speech

(non) verbal communication

1.2.2 Verbal and non-verbal communication. The Double Articulation of Language

actio

1.7.2 Classical rhetorical categories for discourse analysis

argumentation

1.8.1 Topic, thesis, arguments and examples

classical rhetoric

1.7.1 The Three Genres of Classical Rhetorical Tradition

coherence

1.7.3 Cohesion and coherence

cohesion

1.7.3 Cohesion and coherence

commented world

1.4.3 Discourse and History. Commented World and Narrated World

communication model

1.2.1 Communication Model. Functions of Language

concession

1.5.3. Other ways of representing another's voice : irony, concession, and negation

connectors

1.8.3 Connectors (toolbox)

connotation

1.6.1 Denotation and connotation

conversational maxims

1.6.2 The implicit : presuppositions, implication and implicatures

deixis

1.4.1 Enunciation, Deixis, Modalization

deliberative or political genre

1.7.1 The Three Genres of Classical Rhetorical Tradition

denotation

1.6.1 Denotation and connotation

dialogue, dialogal

1.5.1. Dialogue, Dialogism and Polyphony

dialogism, dialogic

1.5.1. Dialogue, Dialogism and Polyphony

didactic genres

1.3.3 Literary Genres and Subgenres

direct speech

1.5.2. Direct, Indirect, Free Indirect and Narrativized Speech

discourse

1.2.3 Language and Speech, Language and Discourse

discourse and history

1.4.3 Discourse and History. Commented World and Narrated World

discourse and text

1.3.2 Discursive Genres

discourse organization

1.8.3 Connectors (toolbox)

discursive genres

1.3.2 Discursive Genres

dispositio

1.7.2 Classical rhetorical categories for discourse analysis

double articulation of language

1.2.2 Verbal and non-verbal communication. The Double Articulation of Language

dramatic genres

1.3.3 Literary Genres and Subgenres

elocutio

1.7.2 Classical rhetorical categories for discourse analysis

enunciation

1.2.3 Language and Speech, Language and Discourse
1.4.1 Enunciation, Deixis, Modalization

epic genres

1.3.3 Literary Genres and Subgenres

epideictic or demonstrative genre

1.7.1 The Three Genres of Classical Rhetorical Tradition

formulas

1.8.3 Connectors (toolbox)

functions of language

1.2.1 Communication Model. Functions of Language

icons

1.1.2 Types de signs : Charles Sanders Peirce

illocutionary

1.6.3 Speech acts

implication

1.6.2 The implicit : presuppositions, implication and implicatures

implicature

1.6.2 The implicit : presuppositions, implication and implicatures

indexes

1.1.2 Types de signs : Charles Sanders Peirce

inguistic economy

1.2.2 Verbal and non-verbal communication. The Double Articulation of Language

interpretant

1.1.3 Peirce. A triadic model. The representamen, the object, the interpretant

inventio

1.7.2 Classical rhetorical categories for discourse analysis

irony

1.5.3. Other ways of representing another's voice : irony, concession, and negation

judicial genre

1.7.1 The Three Genres of Classical Rhetorical Tradition

language

1.1.1 Signs, language systems and languages. The linguistic sign. Saussure's theory

language and speech

1.2.3 Language and Speech, Language and Discourse

language system

1.1.1 Signs, language systems and languages. The linguistic sign. Saussure's theory

locutionary

1.6.3 Speech acts

lyric genres

1.3.3 Literary Genres and Subgenres

meaning

1.6.1 Denotation and connotation

memoria

1.7.2 Classical rhetorical categories for discourse analysis

modalities of enunciation

1.4.1 Enunciation, Deixis, Modalization

modalities of the statement

1.4.1 Enunciation, Deixis, Modalization

narrated world

1.4.3 Discourse and History. Commented World and Narrated World

narrative genres

1.3.3 Literary Genres and Subgenres

narrativized speech

1.5.2. Direct, Indirect, Free Indirect and Narrativized Speech

negation

1.5.3. Other ways of representing another's voice : irony, concession, and negation

object

1.1.3 Peirce. A triadic model. The representamen, the object, the interpretant

oratorical genres

1.3.3 Literary Genres and Subgenres

perlocutionary

1.6.3 Speech acts

polemical discourse

1.8.1 Topic, thesis, arguments and examples

polyphony, polyphonic

1.5.1. Dialogue, Dialogism and Polyphony

pragmatics

1.6.1 Denotation and connotation

presupposition

1.6.2 The implicit : presuppositions, implication and implicatures

referent

1.1.1 Signs, language systems and languages. The linguistic sign. Saussure's theory

registers

1.4.2 Registers and tonalities

representamen

1.1.3 Peirce. A triadic model. The representamen, the object, the interpretant

semantics

1.6.1 Denotation and connotation

sign

1.1.1 Signs, language systems and languages. The linguistic sign. Saussure's theory

signification

1.6.1 Denotation and connotation

signified

1.1.1 Signs, language systems and languages. The linguistic sign. Saussure's theory

signifier

1.1.1 Signs, language systems and languages. The linguistic sign. Saussure's theory

speech act

1.6.3 Speech acts

stance markers (subjetivemes)

1.4.1 Enunciation, Deixis, Modalization

symbols

1.1.2 Types de signs : Charles Sanders Peirce

tonalities

1.4.2 Registers and tonalities

types of arguments

1.8.2 Types of reasoning and types of arguments

types of discourse

1.3.1 Major Types of Discourse

types of reasoning

1.8.2 Types of reasoning and types of arguments

Writers

Borges

Case study: excerpt from "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius", short story by Jorge Luis Borges, (to illustrate the idea that language creates reality)
1.2.2 Verbal and non-verbal communication. The Double Articulation of Language
1.6.2 The implicit : presuppositions, implication and implicatures

Carroll

Case study: extrait du chap. 12 de Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland (to illustrate cohesion and coherence)

Cocteau

Case study: Persian apologue, English version by William Somerset Maugham (to illustrate the ambiguity of gestural language)

Garcilaso de la Vega

1.6.3 Speech acts

Orwell

Case study: G. Orwell, chap. 1 Animal farm (to illustrate argumentation)

Queneau

Case study: 6 exercises from Raymond Queneau's Exercices in style (to illustrate discursive genres and literary genres and subgenres)

Rulfo

Case study: Juan Rulfo, The burning plane: "Tell them not to kill me", short story (to illustrate dialogism, polyphony and types of reported speech)

Shakespeare

Case study: William Shakespeare, discours d'Antoine dans Jules César (to illustrate implicit and speech acts)

Voltaire

Case study: excerpt from Voltaire's The Huron: L'Ingenu de Voltaire (to illustrate the use of enunciation, modalization, registerss and tonalities)

Theorists and critics

Amossy

1.5.1. Dialogue, Dialogism and Polyphony

Aristotle

1.7.1 The Three Genres of Classical Rhetorical Tradition
1.7.2 Classical rhetorical categories for discourse analysis

Austin

1.2.3 Language and Speech, Language and Discourse
1.6.3 Speech acts

Bakhtin

1.3.2 Discursive Genres

Benveniste

1.2.3 Language and Speech, Language and Discourse
1.4.1 Enunciation, Deixis, Modalization
1.4.3 Discourse and History. Commented World and Narrated World

Bres

1.5.1. Dialogue, Dialogism and Polyphony

Charolles

1.7.3 Cohesion and coherence

Ducrot

1.6.2 The implicit : presuppositions, implication and implicatures

Grice

1.6.2 The implicit : presuppositions, implication and implicatures

Jakobson

1.2.1 Communication Model. Functions of Language

Maingueneau

1.4.2 Registers and tonalities

Martinet

1.2.2 Verbal and non-verbal communication. The Double Articulation of Language

Olbrechts-Tyteca

1.7.2 Classical rhetorical categories for discourse analysis

Peirce

1.1.2 Types de signs : Charles Sanders Peirce
1.1.3 Peirce. A triadic model. The representamen, the object, the interpretant

Perelman

1.7.2 Classical rhetorical categories for discourse analysis

Rastier

1.6.1 Denotation and connotation

Saussure

1.1.1 Signs, language systems and languages. The linguistic sign. Saussure's theory

Searle

1.6.3 Speech acts

Van Dijk

1.7.3 Cohesion and coherence

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1.6. Notions of semantics and pragmatics

Notions
Exercises
Case study

1.6.2 | Exercises

Exercises

1.6.1 1.6.1 1.6.2 1.6.2 1.6.3 1.6.3

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