ELEMENTS OF DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

I. Theoretical references 1. Text and speech (Oswald Ducrot, Jean-Marie Schaeffer). Types of texts and modes of speech (Patrick Charaudeau). 2. The device of communication: the communication situation – staging according to the purposes – categories of the languages – the text. 3. The speech acts. The functions of the language. 4. Types of texts: scientific, advertising, information, instruction, etc. Modes of organization of the speech: enunciative, descriptive, narrative, argumentative. II. Applications 5. The “media discourse” type: the “editorial”, “report”, “survey”, “readers’ mail” genre. 6. The “political speech” type : the “profession of faith”, “flyer”, “televised debate” genre etc. 7. The “commercial speech” type : the “magazine advertising”, “television spot”, “street advertising”, etc. 8. A panegyric. A marking social event (blow of state, revolution). A matter of national interest. The electoral campaign. A natural disaster and its consequences. An official speech.

The priority placement of the graduates of this specialization implies the flexibility, speed and maximum accuracy in transcribing the message from the source language to the target language. Therefore, the contents target, apart from the formation of linguistic thinking, also the ability to integrate and to use this knowledge in a professional perspective – the practice of interpretation and translation.