Dr Vittorio Tantucci (Senior Lecturer in Linguistics and Chinese Linguistics) has a new online course on Pragmatics and Social Cognition, which is available on the Massolit platform.
Here’s a summary of what sounds like a fascinating course!
In this course, Dr Vittorio Tantucci (University of Lancaster) explores how language is used to shape our social identity. We begin with an introduction to pragmatics and the concept of speech acts. In the second module, we consider linguistic implicatures using theory of mind and intersubjectivity. In the third, we look at the concept of positive and negative face and how language delivery affects our understanding of people’s politeness. In the fourth, we discuss the concept of reciprocity. Finally, in the fifth, we look at complex imitation and resonance.