Undergraduate - UnitATS2683 - The analysis of discourse: Texts, narrative and society

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Offered	Clayton First semester 2012 (Day) Clayton First semester 2012 (Flexible)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Louisa Willoughby

Notes

Previously coded LIN2570

Synopsis

This unit will examine a number of theoretical and methodological approaches to the analysis of discourse and texts in a range of sites and social contexts. We examine the way narrative texts are constructed; the resources that speakers manipulate in conversation; the features of institutional discourse across a range of settings; and how information is transformed in written texts.

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, a student will be able to:

summarize key theoretical and methodological approaches and to discourse analysis, recognise and be able to describe the characteristics of turn taking in dialogue and the structure of narratives;
recognise linguistic clues and cues to the introduction of individuals, topics, and themes within texts, to their maintenance, and how some are made more salient;
and apply at least one methodology to a selected context.