LNGS2604 - Discourse Analysis (2006)

Undergraduate - Senior

 

Department: Linguistics School: School of Letters, Art and Media Semester(s): Semester 2 Credit Points: 6 Co-ordinator: Prof J R Martin Email: jmartin@mail.usyd.edu.au Telephone: 02 9351-3662

UoS Description

This unit of study provides an introduction to discourse analysis, which is concerned with the way in which texts are organised in relation to their social context. In linguistics, the term 'discourse' covers both a) the organisation of linguistic units above the sentence level (cohesion), and b) language in use or context (register and genre). The course will include analysis of texts combining language with image, from the perspective of critical discourse analysis.

UoS Objectives:

Introduction to the description of discourse from a social functional and multimodal perspective, including mastery of tools for critically analysing conjunction, ideation, negotiation, appraisal, identification and periodicity in text, alongside the registers and genres these textual patterns construct.

UoS Outcomes:

Ability to critically analyse discourse across registers, with respect to its internal organization and its relation to its social context.

UoS Learning Situations:

Lectures, Workshops ,  2 1hr lectures and 1 1hr workshop.
2 1hr lectures and 1 1hr workshop.

UoS Assessment:

4 term assignments (equivalent 500 words each); 1 essay (2500 words).

Prerequisites:

One of ENGL1000, ENGL1005, ENGL2619, ENGL2647, LNGS1001, LNGS1002, LNGS1003, LNGS1004, LNGS1005, LNGS2601, LNGS2602, LNGS2603, MECO1001, MECO1003

Prohibition:

LNGS2004