Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
5 credits
15.0 h
Q1
Teacher(s)
Degand Elisabeth;
Language
English
Prerequisites
Introductory course to linguistics.
Main themes
This course gives an overview of what discourse analysis is and covers the main methodological questions. It will treat discourse analysis from different points of view, in particular: linguistics (texture and cohesion), psycholinguistics (coherence, processing), sociolinguistics (conversation analysis, critical discourse analysis,).
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
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The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
After a brief state of the art of the different theoretical schools and domains of application of discourse analysis, the course will deepen one particular domain focussing on the specific analysis methods that go with it. The students will apply themselves the analysis techniques in the framework of a practical. The course contain a number of plenary lectures (invited speakers), but will also require the student's active participation : reading, exercises, discussions, etc.
Teaching methods
Research seminar
Evaluation methods
The evaluation is performed through an individual written essay (80% of the grade) verifying the student's ability to resolve problems analogous to the ones presented in class. The research underlying this essay will be the input for an oral presentation in class (20%).
Bibliography
cf. Moodle
Faculty or entity
LING
