Discourse Analysis

Code:

CL001

Acronym:

ADIS

Instance: 2017/2018 - 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
LLC	3	LLC - Bidisciplinar Study Plan (Portuguese Studies)	3	-	6	4

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

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

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

- 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.
2.1.1 The discourses as a sign of their context of production
2.1.2 The discourses as a form of intervention in their context of production
3. The concept of discourse: classical dichotomies. discourse vs. language, discourse vs. sentence; discourse vs utterance, discourse vs. text.
II. Discourse analysis: historical review
1. Currents of Analysis within Discourse Analysis
1.1 Content Analysis, Critical Discourse Analysis, Linguistic Discourse Analysis, Ethnography of Communication, Ethnomethodology, Conversation Analysis, Computer-Assisted Discourse Analysis, Automatic Discourse Analysis, Corpus Linguistics.
III. Modes of discourse: oral and written discourse; multimodal discourse
1. Pragmatic-discursive analysis of oral sequences
1.1 Illocutionary values; contextual framework; interaction; social roles and discursive roles; face work and discursive negotiation.
2. Pragmatic-discursive analysis of written texts of various genres
2.1 Semantic-pragmatic organizers; contextual framework; illocutionary values; argumentative movements; discourse markers; polyphony and dialogism; credit / discredit discursive strategies; discursive processes of modality.
IV. Interdiscursivity; intertextuality, dialogism, polyphony and enunciative heterogeneity
V. Semantic-pragmatic and argumentative configuration of contrastive, conditional, concessive and consecutive constructions
VI. Types of discourse and text genres  
1. Prototypical sequences and discursive heterogeneity
2. Genres parameters
VII. Computer-assisted discourse analysis: the parsers and their application to Discourse Analysis.
VIII. Corpus Linguistics – General overview

Mandatory literature

ADAM, Jean-Michel; Les Textes: types et prototypes – récit, description, argumentation, explication et dialogue, 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, Joaquim; Linguística e Texto/Discurso, 1992
Fonseca, Joaquim; Estudos de sintaxe-semântica e pragmática do Português, Porto Editora, 1993
Fonseca, Joaquim; Pinto, Alexandra Guedes, e outros; A Organização e o Funcionamento dos Discursos - Estudos sobre o Português, Porto Editora, 1998
Gee, James Paul and Handford, Michael (ed); The Routledge Hanbook of Discourse Analysis, Routledge, 2012
Kerbrat-Orecchioni, Catherine; Análise da Conversação: princípios e métodos., Parábola, 2006
PEDRO, E. R. (org.); Análise crítica do discurso, Caminho, 1997
Pinto, Alexandra Guedes; Publicidade: um discurso de sedução, Porto Editora, 1997
ROULET, E.; L’ articulation du discours en français contemporain, Peter Lange, 1985
VAN DIJK, T. ; Handbook of discourse analysis, Academic Press, 1985

Complementary Bibliography

BROWN, G., YULE, G.; Análisis del Discurso, Visor Libros, 2005. ISBN: 84-7522-488-1
GUIMARÃES, E.; Texto e argumentação. Um estudo de conjunções do português, Pontes, 2002
KERBRAT-ORECCHIONI, C.; Le discours en interaction, Armand Colin, 2005. ISBN: 2-200-26513-1
RODRIGUES, I; Sinais conversacionais de vez, Granito, 1998
TANNEN, D. et al.; Handbook of Discourse Analysis, 2001

Comments from the literature

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 discourse analyzes related to the matters under consideration are proposed. The materials used in class are available on Sigarra.

The mode of evaluation of the course consists of assessment with final exam. The final grade for the course corresponds to a weighted average of the marks obtained in the practical work and the written test, with weights of 40% and 60%, respectively.

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 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

Positive evaluation 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

Internship work/project

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

In accordance with the Assessment Regulations in force.

Observations

Teaching language: Portuguese