Leslie Hardinge Library Guides: EDTE Pragmatics

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Course Description

An overview of the cultural development and history of the English language. Effects of culture on language learning; how language and culture overlap, interact, and influence each other; how to manage, read, and adapt cultural indicators to language learning; directness, intensity, proper social behavior, power relations, and other pragmatic issues that affect language learning contexts are discussed.

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Pragmatics
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English language -- History

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