Discourse Analysis

Course unit code

Specialization 470401 – Philosophy

Course unit title

Discourse analysis

Name(s), surname(s) and title of lecturer(s)

Daria Postnikova

Level of course

Master

Semester

1

ECTS credits

2

Working hours

Contact hours

24

lectures

8

seminars

16

practical classes

laboratory classes

consultations

Self-study

72

Total

96

Work placement

Lectures and seminars

Language of instruction

English

Objectives of the course

 Learning outcomes

 A student’s assessments methods

aims:

- presentation of functional and logical and semantic discourse organisation, nonverbal or contecstual variables significant  for discource produsing and interpretation

- introdaction of discourse pragmatic aspects: speach acts, interferention, implication and presupposition, etc.

- analysis of multifunctional discource organisation: cohesion of discource, exchange structure, etc.

Formation of competence:

а)intercultural:

- the ability to develop cultural and professional level independently and to master new methods of research;

- the ability to get and use new knowledge independently.

b) professional:

- the ability to implicate methods of discourse analysis to different types of texts.

- the ability to use discourse analysis in world and regional sociolinguistical problems solving

Individual paper works, essays, tests and credit test.

Teaching methods

Lectures, independent study of literature, case studies, individual paper works, essays

Course unit content

Gained knowledge: History and theory of discourse analysis, concepts of discourse analysis.
Skills: ability to work with texts; application of discourse analysis to different types of texts.

List of Topics

Topic title

Contact (hours)

Assignments and independent study (hours)

Discourse concept and discourse analysis history

4

4

 Propositional content of statement

4

4

Semantics and pragmatics of statement

4

4

Presupposition as a proposition of sentence  

4

4

Speach acts theory

2

6

Mechanisms of speach implantation

2

6

Pragmatic aspects of discourse

2

16

Theory of communication failure

2

12

Credit test

0

16

24

72

Assessment requirements

Student’s skills in this subject will be evaluated by means of individual paper works, essays, written tests and credit test.

Assessment criteria

The assessment of the presented works is carried out by the following criteria:

– compliance of the contents to a subject;

– existence of logical communication of stated information;

– compliance of registration to requirements;

– accuracy and literacy of a statement;

– work is handed over in time.

The composition of final accumulative mark

Final accumulative mark consists of:  2 essays –15 % each, individual assignment – 20 %, group case analysis and individual paper work – 20 %, credit test –  30 %

Author of the course

Evgeniy Naiman, Daria Postnikova