Discourse, Discourse Analysis

1. Discourse Analysis
Course Description
This course provides an introduction to discourse analysis and the different approaches used
in the analysis of discourse. Discourse is defined as the study of the organization of language
above the sentence level, but also as any manifestation of language in context. The course will
start with a general overview of the phenomena included in the study of discourse. Then a view
of register and genre is given. Later, a procession to elaborating the tools necessary for discourse
analysis. For example, using propositional and non-propositional meanings, situational,
interpersonal, and cultural context to analyze the discourse of an advertisement.
Students will learn the following:
1. Sentence and utterance.
2. The importance of context for the analysis of discourse.
3. Notions of Register and Genre
4. Deictic expressions.
5. Principles and rules of interaction.
6. Literal and implied meaning.
7. Conversational implicatures.
8. Basic concepts of speech act theory.
9. Direct and indirect speech acts.
10. The concept of face and theory of politeness.
11. Conversation Analysis: exchange, turn-taking, initiation, overlaps and interruptions.
12. Analysis of naturally occurring conversational narratives.