| CODE | LIN5084 | ||||||
| TITLE | Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | Not Applicable | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Institute of Linguistics | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit is intended to consolidate postgraduate students’ understanding of Interactional Linguistics by providing them with a thorough grounding in pragmatics and discourse analysis. Interactional linguistics is the study of language as a communicative resource. When people communicate they produce discourse. The design of their discourse is reflexively related to pragmatic meaning. The study-unit brings critical attention to bear on essential notions in pragmatics and multiple approaches to the study of discourse. Study-unit Aims: - to consolidate postgraduate students’ understanding of Interactional Linguistics by providing them with a thorough grounding in pragmatics and discourse analysis. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - demonstrate knowledge and understanding of meaning as a complex entity with an elaborate pragmatic dimension - demonstrate knowledge and understanding of a wide range of approaches to the study of pragmatic meaning - demonstrate knowledge and understanding of core discourse analytic principles - demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the broad scope encompassed by Discourse Analysis both as an inter-discipline and as a discipline in its own right 2. Skills (including transferable [generic] skills): By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - produce pragmatically-informed analyses of samples of language use consisting of multiple utterances - critically compare and contrast pragmatic approaches to the construction of meaning - critically analyse and seamlessly integrate a variety of discourse analytic studies (papers/chapter-length/book-length) of a broad range of verbal genres and modalities - critically compare and contrast a selection of approaches to the analysis of discourse Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: (availability at the Library or otherwise is indicated against each entry) Brown, P., & Levinson, S. C. (1987). Politeness: Some universals in language usage. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. On order Cruse, A. (2004). Meaning in language: An introduction to semantics and pragmatics (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. Available Grundy, P. (2008). Doing pragmatics (3rd ed.). London: Edward Arnold. Available Johnstone, B. (2002). Discourse analysis. Oxford: Blackwell. On order Leech, G. (1983). Principles of pragmatics. London: Longman. On order Levinson, S. C. (1983). Pragmatics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Available Schiffrin, D., Tannen, D., Hamilton, H. E. (Eds.). (2003). The handbook of discourse analysis. Malden, MA: Blackwell. On order. Sperber, D., & Wilson, D. (1995). Relevance: Communication and cognition (2nd ed.). Oxford: Blackwell. Available Thomas, J. (1995). Meaning in interaction: An introduction to pragmatics. London: Longman. On order Van Dijk, T. A. (Ed.) (1997). Discourse studies: A multidisciplinary introduction: Vol. 1. Discourse as structure and process. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Available Van Dijk, T. A. (Ed.) 1997. Discourse studies: A multidisciplinary introduction: Vol. 2. Discourse as social interaction. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Available |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Seminar | ||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Paul A. Falzon |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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