Discourse Analysis

Code

711131055

Academic unit

Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas

Department

Linguística

Credits

6

Weekly hours

4

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

– to know and to master, theoretically, major themes of Discourse Analysis;
– to be able to apply that theoretical knowledge in the analysis of different discourse
types examples (advertising, dramatic, etc);
– to be able to demonstrate that the capacities of theoretical reflection and analysis were acquired, through the development of short written works and oral presentations.

Prerequisites

None.

Subject matter

1. Discourse, utterance, text
2. Utterance and context
3. Discursive competence and other competences 4. Subject, space and time in discourse
5. Discursive cohesion and coherence markers
6. Text Typology(ies)

Bibliography

Baker, P. & S. Ellece. 2011. Key Terms in Discourse Analysis. New York: Continuum International Publishing.
Charaudeau P., D. Maingueneau (eds) 2002. Dictionnaire d’analyse du discours. Paris: Éditions du Seuil.
Gee J. P. 2005. An introduction to Discourse Analysis. London: Routledge
Lozano, J. et alli .1986. Análisis del discurso – Hacia una semiótica de la interacción textual. Madrid: Ediciones Cátedra
Maingueneau, D. 1981, L´énonciation en Linguistique Française – Embrayeurs, “Temps”,Discours Rapporté,. Paris: Hachette
Maingueneau, D. 1997. Novas Tendências em Análise do Discurso. Campinas: Editora Pontes
Maingueneau, D. 2005. Analyser les textes de communication. Paris: Armand Colin (título da edição brasileira: Análise de Textos de Comunicação)

Teaching method

The teaching methodologies include: theoretical teaching classes, students oral presentations and short written works.

Evaluation method

The final grade will result from two tests and two works (an oral presentation and a short written paper) (25% each).

Courses

• Language Sciences
• Language Sciences