? Credit Points : 20  ? SCQF Level : 10  ? Acronym : PPL-3-DA-LI

The course introduces students to key concepts and methods used in the analysis of writen and spoken discourse. Students taking this course also get ample opportunities to try those methods by working on actual instances of discourse.

? Pre-requisites : Linguistics 2A + 2B or Linguistics 2A + 2L

Home subject area

Language Sciences, (School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, Schedule I)

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 3 hour(s) per week for 9 weeks

? Other Required Attendance : 3 hour(s) per week for 9 weeks

First Class Information

Date Start End Room Area Additional Information 18/09/2007 14:00 14:50 Room 1.01, 14 Buccleuch Place Central

All of the following classes

Type Day Start End Area Lecture Tuesday 14:00 14:50 Central Lecture Thursday 14:00 14:50 Central Lecture Friday 14:00 14:50 Central

? Additional Class Information : Data sessions and supervision meetings to be arranged

At the end of the course, students will be able to
- understand and discuss critically the importance of investigating actual language use
- read and understand critically discourse analytic literature
- conduct small scale projects in discourse analysis using appropriate data and methodologies

Coursework (50%), final exam (50%)

Exam times

Diet Diet Month Paper Code Paper Name Length 1ST December 1 - 2 hour(s)

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Ms Rosemary Perks
Tel : (0131 6)50 3961
Email : v1rperks@staffmail.ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Dr Joseph Gafaranga
Tel : (0131 6)50 3496
Email : josephg@ling.ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.ppls.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/