1) Pragmatics as a linguistic discipline. Linguistic turn. Topics of pragmatics.

2) Pragmatic analysis of the text.

3) Pragmatic principles – Cooperative principle (Grice).

4) Pragmatic principles – Politeness principles (Leech, Lakoff).

5) Face and Facework – Goffman, Brown and Levinson. Manifestation of face in Czech.

6) Geert Hofstede – cultural dimensions and their manifestation in Czech culture.

7) Politeness in Czech. Nominal addressing in Czech.

8) Power and solidarity – T and V forms, pronominal addressing.

9) Speech act theory (Austin, Searle).

10) Speech acts in Czech (apologies, requests, levels of directness).

11) Manipulative communication.