LIN8005 Discourse Analysis (FOEDU)

Semester 1 (ONC)Toowoomba (EXT)Toowoomba

Units 1.0 (English as a SecLangTeach) Band 5

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Synopsis

This course looks at the nature of discourse from a Pragmatics perspective taking account social, psychological and linguistic aspects of discourse. Conversations and oral interaction among first language speakers and between native and non-native speakers of English in classroom and community contexts will be analysed as part of studying how goals of communication are achieved. The role of speech act theory and communication constraints in the effective processing of spoken text, and of discourse features and markers in coherent written texts will be examined as a means of understanding the nature of spoken and written discourse. Students will have the opportunity to study a specific cultural setting or language community and review theory in the field of pragmatics relevant to their setting.