Discourse Analysis

Code:

CL001

Acronym:

ADIS

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Linguistics

Instance: 2024/2025 - 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	32	study plan	3	-	6	41	162

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 and discourse:
1.1. Discourse Analysis historical and theoretical review;
1.2. The concept of discourse;
2. Discourse and context. The context in the text and the text in the context. Principles of Enunciation and Pragmatics;
3. Discourse and Interdiscourse. Interdiscursivity, intertextuality, dialogism, polyphony and enunciative heterogeneity;
4. Discourse and subjectivity. Modality, modalisation, illocutionary modification;
5. Discourse and argumentativity. Semantic-pragmatic and argumentative configuration of certain constructions (contrastive, conditional, concessive and consecutive constructions);
6. Modes of discourse (oral, written and multimodal discourse) & types of discourse and discourse genres;
7. 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 and practical classes, where the theoretical description of contents is made, followed by practical activities. 
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

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

In accordance with the Assessment Regulations in force. Students with special status (Article 14) will have access to the supplementary periods provided for by law and to a specific absence policy. Besides this possibility, there are no alternative assessment models to those in force for other students.

Classification improvement

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

Observations

Teaching language: Portuguese