Syllabus
1. Effektivness of communication. "Discourse" vs. "text".
2. Communication - spoken and written.
3. Rhetoric. Speech production.
4. Nonverbal communication.
5. Sociolinguistic factors of communication.
6. Pragmatic aspects of communication.
Annotation
The course introduces the principles of speech production, with preparing speeches and their elocution. Emphasis is put on practical exercises and analyses of speeches.
Listeners are led to the identification of stylistic and dialectal phenomena in their own and others' pronunciation.