Discourse Analysis

Code:

CL001

Acronym:

ADIS

Instance: 2022/2023 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Portuguese and Romance Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Language Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
CL	26	CL - Study Plan	3	-	6	4

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students
Obs.: Português

Objectives

- Understand discourse as a means of self-construction and as a means of the worl's construction;

- Understand discourse as a means of action upon the world;

- Understand discourse as a sign of the interrelations between language and context;

- Understand discourse as an object  of analysis under specific lingustic methodologies

- Deepen the discursive analytical and production skills.

Learning outcomes and competences

By the end of the semester the students should be able to:

1. Understand discourse as a means of self-construction, of the world's construction and as a means of action upon the world;

2. Reveal knowledge in the field of different theories and methodologies of Discourse Analysis.

3. Identify the mechanisms of language conversion into discourse;

4. Recognise modes, genres and types of discourse as instances of various linguistic-discursive strategies;

5. Analyse competently different modes of text (spoken, written, multimodal texts);

6. Analyse competently different genres and types of discourse;

7. Apply the acquired skills to discourse production, revealing an improved communicative competence;

8. Dominate techniques of rigorous linguistic description.     

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Not applicable

Program

1. Language, tongue and discourse:
1.1 From Structural Linguistics to Contextual Linguistics. Discourse Analysis historical review and theoretical currents perspectivation;
1.2. The concept of discourse: classical dichotomies;
1.3. Discourse and context. The context in the text and the text in the context;
2. Modes of discourse (oral, written and multimodal discourse); types of discourse and text genres:
2.1. Pragmatic-discursive analysis of oral interactional texts - contact with analytical models;
2.2. Pragmatic-discursive analysis of written texts of various genres - contact with analytical models;
3. Interdiscursivity; intertextuality; dialogism; polyphony and enunciative heterogeneity;
4. Modality and modalisation. The discursive construction of subjectivity;
5. Argumentation in discourse. Semantic-pragmatic and argumentative configuration of certain constructions (contrastive, conditional, concessive and consecutive constructions);
6. Computer-assisted discourse analysis: the parsers and their application to Discourse Analysis.

Mandatory literature

Alexandra Guedes Pinto; Publicidade. ISBN: 972-040117-6
Carla Aurélia Rodrigues de Almeida; A^construção da ordem internacional na rádio. ISBN: 978-972-36-1324-7
Catherine Kerbrat-Orecchioni; L.énonciation de la subjectivité dans le langage
Kerbrat-Orecchioni, Catherine; Análise da Conversação: princípios e métodos., Parábola, 2006
Dominique Maingueneau; L.analyse du discours. ISBN: 2-01-016907-7
Dominique Maingueneau; Dictionnaire d.analyse du discours. ISBN: 2-02-037845-0
Emilia Ribeiro Pedro; Análise crítica do discurso. ISBN: 972-21-1168-X
Gillian Brown; Discourse analysis
Isabel Galhano Rodrigues; Sinais conversacionais de alternância de vez. ISBN: 972-97530-3-2
James Paul Gee; The^Routledge handbook of discourse analysis. ISBN: 978-0-415-55107-6
Jean-Michel Adam; Eléments de linguistique textuelle. ISBN: 2-87009-440-X
Joaquim Fonseca; Estudos de sintaxe-semântica e pragmática do português. ISBN: 972-0-40111-7
Joaquim Fonseca; Pragmática linguística. ISBN: 972-0-40115-X
Joaquim Fonseca; A^organização e o funcionamento dos discursos. ISBN: 972-0-40118-4
Joaquim Fonseca; Linguística e texto/discurso. ISBN: 972-566-188-5
Teun Adrianus van Dijk; Handbook of discourse analysis. ISBN: 0-12-712001-7

Comments from the literature

The references correspond, almost entirely, to works existing in the Library of FLUP or CLUP. The records refer to automatic records imported from the information system.
Aditional bibliographical references will be given during the classes. Other materials are available in Sigarra

Teaching methods and learning activities

The teaching-learning process is based on lectures (13h), theoretical and practical classes (26h) and tutorials (13h). In Lectures and TP sessions the theoretical description of contents is made, followed by practical activities. In the OT sessions guided activities of authentic discourse analysis are carried out.
The materials used in class are available on Sigarra.

There is a compulsory 75% attendance.

The research work should be based on theoretical readings, but also contain a practical component of pragmatic-discursive analysis of authentic discourse.

The activities are focussed on acquiring linguistic methodologies for a competent analysis both of interactional oral and written discourses.     

keywords

Humanities > language sciences > Linguistics

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Teste	60,00
Trabalho escrito	40,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	52,00
Frequência das aulas	56,00
Trabalho de investigação	54,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Compulsory attendance of 75% of the classes, unless established otherwise by law.

Calculation formula of final grade

Test: 60%
Research work: 40%
Examination (applicable to special cases): 60%

The approval implies compulsory attendance of 75% of the classes (unless established otherwise by law) and positive evaluation on the test / examination and on the research work.

The research work is object of oral defense.
The classification of the research work results from a weighted average between the written component and the oral presentation of each student, and may therefore diverge within the same working group.

Examinations or Special Assignments

In accordance with the Assessment Regulations in force.

Internship work/project

In accordance with the Assessment Regulations in force.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

In accordance with the Assessment Regulations in force.

Classification improvement

In accordance with the Assessment Regulations in force.
The component "exam" can be subject to grade improvement.

Observations

Teaching language: Portuguese