Discourse Analysis

Code:

CL001

Acronym:

ADIS

Instance: 2010/2011 - 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	20	Study Plan-Lang.Sciences:Linguistics	3	-	6	4
		Study Plan-Lang.Sciences:Port.Second Language	3	-	6	4

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

1. Understand the discourse as a means of self-construction and socialization.
2. Acquire knowledge in the field of linguistic theories and methods of discourse analysis.
3. Identify the mechanisms of language conversion into speech.
4. Recognize the genres / types of discourse as features of various linguistic-discursive strategies
5. Exercise techniques of linguistic discourse analysis.
6. Exercise techniques of production in different genres / types of discourse.

Program

1. Language and speech
2. Speech, communication, interaction and argumentation
3. Oral discourse and written discourse
4. The discursive heterogeneity
5. Discursive typologies
6. Interdiscursivity; dialogism and polyphony
7. Discourse analysis assisted by computer: the parsers and their application to Discourse Analysis.
8. Linguistic Corpora

Mandatory literature

RODRIGUES, I; Sinais conversacionais de vez, Granito, 1998
ROULET, E.; L’ articulation du discours en français contemporain, Peter Lange, 1985
PEDRO, E. R. (org.); Análise crítica do discurso, Caminho, 1997
KERBRAT-ORECCHIONI, C.; Le discours en interaction, Armand Colin, 2005. ISBN: 2-200-26513-1
BROWN, G., YULE, G.; Análisis del Discurso, Visor Libros, 2005. ISBN: 84-7522-488-1
VAN DIJK, T. ; Handbook of discourse analysis, Academic Press, 1985
ADAM, Jean-Michel; Éléments de linguistique textuelle: théorie et pratique de l’analyse textuelle, 1990
ADAM, Jean-Michel; Les Textes: types et prototypes – récit, description, argumentation, explication et dialogue, 1992
BUSTOS, J.J. et al; Lengua, discurso y texto (I Simposio Internacional de Análisis del Discurso, T. I y II) , 2000
CHARAUDEAU, P. et MAINGUENEAU, D. ; Dictionnaire d’Analyse du Discours, 2002
FONSECA, Joaquim; Linguística e Texto/Discurso, 1992
HALLIDAY, M.A.K, HASAN, Ruqaiya; Cohesion in English, 1976
MAINGUENEAU, Dominique; Les termes clés de l’analyse du discours, 1996
TANNEN, D. et al.; Handbook of Discourse Analysis, 2001

Complementary Bibliography

BLANCAFORT, Helena C., VALLS, Amparo T. ; Las cosas del decir. Manual de análisis del discurso, Ariel, 2004. ISBN: 84-344-8233-9
HANSEN, Maj-Britt M.; The function of discourse particles, John Benjamins, 1998
OLANO, Concepción O. ; Análisis Lingüístico del Discurso: La Lingüística Enunciativa, Ed. Académicas, 2006. ISBN: 84-96062-61-9
GUIMARÃES, E.; Texto e argumentação. Um estudo de conjunções do português, Pontes, 2002
ZORRAQUINO, Mª A. M. e E. M. DURÁN (orgs.); Los marcadores del discurso: teoría e análisis, Arco Libros, 1988
FRASER, B.; «An approach to Discourse Markers», Journal of Pragmatics 14, , pp. 383-395, 1990

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical and practical classes;
Tutorial guidance of students in minor research on the topics of the programme and in conducting analytical work and production of discourse in various genres / types of discourse.

keywords

Humanities > language sciences > Linguistics

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	60,00
	Trabalho escrito	40,00		2011-06-03
	Exame	2,00
	Exame	2,00		2011-06-03
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
	Estudo autónomo	10
	Estudo autónomo	48
	Total:	58,00

Eligibility for exams

Positive mark in the test / final exam and the research paper.

Calculation formula of final grade

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

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

In accordance with the Assessment Regulations in force.

Observations

Teaching language: Portuguese