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LECTURE THREE

COMMUNICATION CONSTRAINTS

TOPICAL DOMAINS/LECTURE PLAN
1) Definition of the main notions: constraint, the theory of constraints, communication
constraints.
2) Peter Kane’s theory of legal constraints on communication.
3) Communication norms, principles and laws as constraints.
4) Crystal and Davy ’s theory of situational constraints.
5) Goffman’s theory of communication constraints: universal, system, and ritual
constraints.
6) Gricean (Grice’s) maxims.
7) Translation [træns le n / trænz le n] as a constrained secondary
communication.
8) Constraints in translation.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES/ OUTCOMES
 Explain the essence of the theory of constraints.
 Discuss the importance of the theory of communication constraints.
 Identify legal constraints on communication.
 Understand communication principles and laws and relate them to certain fragments of
communication.
 Describe Crystal and Davy ’s situational constraints.
 Illustrate Goffman’s communication constraints.
 Identify violations of Gricean (Grice’s) maxims.
 Produce utterances according to Gricean maxims.
 Generalize theories of translation as a constrained secondary communication.
 Analyze possible constraints in translation.
LITERATURE
1. Бацевич Ф.С. Основи комунікативної лінгвістики: підруч. / Ф.С. Бацевич. — К. :
Вид. центр ”Академія”, 2004. — C. 37-42; c.128-134.
2. Al-Hamad M. Q. Socio-Political Constraints on Translating Verbal and Non-Verbal Texts
/ Mohammad Qasem Al-Hamad // Journal of Arts and Humanities. – 2013. – Vol 2. – No
1. – Pp. 93-102.
3. Almanna A. Extra-linguistic Constraints & Parameters in the Translation Process: A
Descriptive Study / Ali Almanna // World Journal of English Language . – 2013 . – No 3.
– Pp. 27-36.
4. Chesterman A. Norms and Constraints / Andrew Chesterman // Memes of
Translation: The Spread of Ideas in Translation Theory. – John Benjamins Publishing,
1997. – P. 79.
5. Hatch E. Communication theory: system constraints and conversational analysis //
Discourse and language education / Evelyn Hatch. – Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, 1992. – Pp. 6-46.
6. Kane P.E. Legal Constraints on Communication / Peter E. Kane// Speech
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Communication: Essays to Commemorate the 75 Anniversary of the Speech
Communication Association / Eds Gerald M Phillips, Julia T. Wood. – SIU Press, 1990.
– Pp. 235-263.