Bachelor 2024/2025

Introduction to Discourse Analysis

Type: Elective course (Foreign Languages and Intercultural Communication)

Area of studies: Linguistics

Delivered by: School of Foreign Languages

Where: School of Foreign Languages

When: 3 year, 1, 2 module

Mode of studies: offline

Open to: students of one campus

Language: English

ECTS credits: 6

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The study of discourse is essentially the study of language in its natural habitat. Language is used in a variety of contexts to fulfill a broad range of communicative and social goals. This course provides an introduction to discourse analysis, involving the analysis of language above the level of sentence as well as the investigation of language in context. It offers an overview of some of the major approaches to studying oral and written texts. Students will have the opportunity to try out different methods for the analysis of discourse using different theoretical perspectives and methodologies. We will examine and practice various analytic perspectives, including conversation analysis, critical discourse analysis, narrative, pragmatics/speech act theory, sociocultural theory, and interactional sociolinguistics. We will also work with theoretical and empirical literature on discourse analysis through required readings (and through preparing and leading a presentation based on the chosen literature).