Course aims:

identification of the fundamental characteristics of oral and written discourse;
understanding of the communicative functions of the various types of discourse;
analysis of the textual characteristics of the various types of discourse;

Course Entry Requirements:

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Course contents:

Definition of discourse; Theories of discourse.
Main meanings of the concept of discourse. Discourse/text. Standards of textuality. Structural discourse types. Postulates of discourse analysis. Key concepts in discourse analysis.
Text/discourse analysis (Plett's model): syntactic dimension, pragmatic and semantic dimensions.Typological approach to rhetorical discourse.

Media discourse

Political discourse

Advertising discourse

Scientific discourse

Academic discourse

Teaching methods:

Conversation, exemplification, applications

Learning outcomes:

Identify and classify different types of discourse.

Examine the structural features of various discourse types, including coherence, cohesion, and rhetorical strategies.

Use linguistic and sociolinguistic theories to analyze different discourse forms.

Explore how discourse types vary across languages, cultures, and social settings.

Apply discourse analysis methods to real-world texts and spoken interactions.

Developing Critical Thinking

Enhancing Communication Skills

Learning outcomes verification and assessment criteria:

Project - Discoure Analysis

Recommended reading:

Gee, J. P., An Introduction to Discourse Analysis. Theory and Method Routledge, Routledge, London, 1999, 222.
Nagy, Rodica, Dicționar de analiză a discursului, Editura Institutul European, Iasi, 2015, 460.
Velupillai, Viveka, An Introduction to Linguistic Typology, Benjamins, Amsterdam/Philadelphia, 2012, 539.