230647 Intercultural Pragmatics in Southern Africa (S) (WiSe 2026/2027)

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This course explores how language, culture, history and social context shape communication across multilingual and multicultural African communities. Drawing on theories from Pragmatics, Sociolinguistics, and Intercultural Communication, the seminar examines how meaning is negotiated in everyday interaction, institutional settings, digital spaces and transactional encounters throughout the region. Students will investigate communicative practices in context shaped by colonialism, urbanisation, migration, globalisation, and linguistic diversity, with particular attention to countries in the Southern African region. Through case studies, media analysis and seminar discussions, students will develop analytical tools for understanding how speakers use language strategically across cultures.

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weekly Mo 14-16   12.10.2026-05.02.2027

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23-ANG-Profil3 Profile Module 3: Advanced Linguistics Profil3.2 Language System Study requirement
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Profil3.3 Language in Use Study requirement
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Profil3.3_G Language in Use Study requirement
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23-ANG-Profil5 Profile Module 5: Anglophone Cultures around the World Profil5.1 Linguistics: Varieties of English Study requirement
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Profil5.3 Linguistics: Varieties of English OR Anglophone Literatures and Cultures Study requirement
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23-ANG-Profil5_G Profile module 5_G: Anglophone Cultures around the World Profil5.1_G Linguistics: Varieties of English Study requirement
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Profil5.3_G Linguistics: Varieties of English OR Anglophone Literatures and Cultures Study requirement
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Type(s) / SWS (hours per week per semester)
seminar (S) / 2
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This lecture is taught in english
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Faculty of Linguistics and Literary Studies
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