Undergraduate Course: Discourse Analysis (LASC10044)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Language Sciences |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course builds on the basics of Discourse Analysis introduced in pre-honours courses. Students taking this course will develop/deepen familiarity with relevant analytic frameworks such as Genre Analysis and Conversation Analysis. They will have ample opportunities to develop practical skills in the analysis of discourse as a key feature of the course is hands-on work on spoken and written texts. And they will be exposed to possible applications of discourse analytic methodologies to real life problems (e.g. discourse in health care and educational setting).
The content of the course is organised in four blocks:
Block One: Introductory issues
Block Two: Written discourse
Block Three: Spoken discourse
Block Four: Applied discourse analysis |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students should have at least 3 Linguistics/Language Sciences courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses. |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
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 |
Assessment Information
| Coursework (50%), final exam (50%) |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Joseph Gafaranga
Tel: (0131 6)50 3496
Email: josephg@ling.ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Stephanie Fong
Tel:
Email: S.Fong@ed.ac.uk |
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