LING 5020 - Discourse Analysis

North Terrace Campus - Semester 1 - 2015

Discourse and discourse analysis are terms used widely in the social sciences and humanities often with a great deal of variation in their meaning and use. This course begins with a description of the different understandings and uses of the terms before settling on a linguistic orientation. Specifically the course introduces discourse, discourse analysis and critical discourse analysis as they are understood within Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL). One important focus from this perspective is that discourse works with language beyond the level of the clause. We are interested to understand how texts 'hang' together, as meaningful stretches of language, that is, how they are cohesive, and how they relate appropriately to the context in which they are produced. In this way the course is the next step in developing an understanding of SFL beyond the Language and Meaning Course, and in applying this knowledge to a study of how language is used locally and globally to say things, to write things and also to do things. To do this the course will offer a set of tools to work with the detail of language structure as well as to work with meaning in broader social, cultural and political terms.

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Course Code	LING 5020
Course	Discourse Analysis
Coordinating Unit	Linguistics
Term	Semester 1
Level	Postgraduate Coursework
Location/s	North Terrace Campus
Units	6
Contact	Up to 3 hours per week
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange	Y
Prerequisites	LING 5004
Assumed Knowledge	Basic understanding of systemic functional linguistics or equivalent
Restrictions	Master of Arts (Applied Linguistics) and Master of Education students only
Assessment	Exam (50%), 2000 word text analysis assignment (25%), in-class test (15%), attendance and participation (10%)

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Course Coordinator: Dr John Walsh

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M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme)
Grade	Mark	Description
FNS		Fail No Submission
F	1-49	Fail
P	50-64	Pass
C	65-74	Credit
D	75-84	Distinction
HD	85-100	High Distinction
CN		Continuing
NFE		No Formal Examination
RP		Result Pending

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