Specialised Communication (Discourse Analysis)

Code:

MTSL050

Acronym:

CE_AD

Instance: 2015/2016 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Portuguese and Romance Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Master of Arts in Translation and Language Services

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MTSL	3	MTSL - Study Plan	2	-	3	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Understand the discourse produced in a given social context as a sign of the interrelations between language and context.

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

Deepen the textual analytical and production skills.

Learning outcomes and competences

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

1. Understand the discourse as a means of self-construction, of construction of the Reality and the Other and as a means of socialization;

2. Reveal knowledge in the field of different 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 discourse analysis in spoken, written and visual texts;

6. Exercise techniques of linguistic discourse analysis in different genres / types of discourse;

7. Exercise techniques of production in different genres / types of discourse;

8. Dominate techniques of rigorous linguistic description.

 

Working method

Presencial

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

Not applicable

Program

I. Language and discourse

1. Theoretical and methodological paradigms of Structural Linguistics and Contextual Linguistics

2. Discourse, co-text and context: the coordinates of enunciation.

2.1 The marks of the context in the text and the marks of the text in the context.

3. The concept of discourse: classical dichotomies.

II. Discourse analysis: historical review

1. Currents of Analysis within Discourse Analysis

III. Interdiscursivity; intertextuality;, multimodality; dialogism; polyphony and enunciative heterogeneity

IV. Modalization

V. Modes of discourse: oral; written and multimodal discourse

1. Pragmatic-discursive analysis of oral sequences

2. Pragmatic-discursive analysis of written discourses of various genres

VI. Types of discourse and typologies of discourse.

VII. Computer-assisted discourse analysis: the parsers and their application to Discourse Analysis.

VIII. Corpus Linguistics – General overview

Mandatory literature

ADAM, Jean-Michel; Éléments de linguistique textuelle, Mardaga, 1990
ADAM, Jean-Michel; Les Textes: types et prototypes – récit, description, argumentation, explication et dialogue, Mardaga, 1992
ALMEIDA, C.A; A Construção da Ordem Interaccional na Rádio, Afrontamento, 2013
CHARAUDEAU, P. et MAINGUENEAU, D. ; Dictionnaire d’Analyse du Discours, 2002
FONSECA, J.; Linguística e Texto/Discurso, ICALP, 1992
FONSECA, J; Estudos de sintaxe-semântica e pragmática do Português, Porto Editora, 1993
FONSECA, J.; PINTO, A. G., e outros; A Organização e o Funcionamento dos Discursos - Estudos sobre o Português, Porto Editora, 1998
KERBRAT-ORECCHIONI, C.; Análise da Conversação: princípios e métodos, Parábola/Coleção Na Ponta da Língua, 2006
PINTO, A. G; Publicidade: um discurso de sedução. , Porto Editora, 1997

Comments from the literature

Aditional references will be given during the course.

Teaching methods and learning activities

The teaching / learning process is based on lectures and tutorials: 15 TP and 15 OT. In TP sessions the theoretical description of contents is made, followed by the implementation of activities on concrete examples. In the OT sessions discourse analysis related to the matters under consideration are proposed. The materials used in class are available on the Sigarra platform.

The mode of evaluation of the course consists of assessment without final exam. The final grade for the course corresponds to a weighted average of the marks obtained in the components of practical work and written test, with weights of 40%/60%.

There is a compulsory 75% attendance.

The research work should be based on theoretical readings, but also contain a practical component of linguistic-pragmatic analysis of authentic discourse.The activities developed focus on acquiring linguistic methodologies for a competent analysis both of interactional oral and written discourses.

keywords

Humanities > language sciences

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)
Elaboração de projeto	34,00
Estudo autónomo	52,00
Frequência das aulas	26,00
Trabalho de campo	50,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Positive mark in the test and the research paper.

Calculation formula of final grade

Test: 60%
Research work: 40%

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.