Interpersonal pragmatics: Communicating relational meaning (Ringvorlesung Sprache und Kommunikation: verbal, digital, multimodal)
| Lecturer(s) | Miriam Locher |
| Contact person | Heike Behrens |
| heike.behrens@unibas.ch | |
| Date | Tuesday, 27th September 2022, 16:15 - 18:00 |
| Location | Universität Basel, Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 120, Petersplatz 1 Basel Switzerland |
Interpersonal pragmatics: Communicating relational meaning (Ringvorlesung Sprache und Kommunikation: verbal, digital, multimodal)
Miriam Locher
Questions to be answered:
- What is pragmatics?
- What is interpersonal pragmatics?
- What is relational work?
- How is relational work linked to ideologies around im/politeness?
- How is relational work tied to identity construction?
This introduction to interpersonal pragmatics explains why this field linguistics is important for scholars interested in communication since language is one of the means that shapes relationships.