Schedule for Yunshan Professor Istvan Kecskes

(June 03 – June 21, 2013)

I. Open lectures

1）Bilingual pragmatics competence

2:30 p.m. June 8, Saturday

2）Is there anyone out there who really is interested in the speaker?

2:30 p.m. June 13, Thursday

3）The role of context in intercultural impoliteness

2:30 p.m. June 17, Monday

4） Why do we say what we say the way we say it?

2:30 p.m. June 19, Wednesday

II. Interactive seminars for pragmatics group

1) Does intercultural communication differ from intracultural communication?

In the seminar we will do concrete analysis of intercultural interactions so as to answer the question. Students will be provided with excerpts.

2:30 p.m., 9 June, Sunday

2) Is pragma-discourse possible?

Pragmatics is an utterance-centered inquiry. Recently there have been attempts to combine pragmatics and discourse analysis. We seek answer to the question whether this attempt can be successful or not.

10:00 a.m., 14 June, Friday

III. Office hours for pragmatics group

10-12 a.m. June 9, Sunday

2-4 p.m. June 14, Friday

10-12 a.m. June 18, Tuesday

10-12 a.m. June 20, Thurdasy