LIN 508 - DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

College of Arts & Sciences

Credits: 3

This course is an introduction to the methods used in various approaches to discourse and textual analysis. The approaches examined include Speech Act Theory, Conversation Analysis, Ethnographic Discourse Analysis, Discourse Pragmatics, Interactional Sociolinguistics, Variation Analysis, and Critical Discourse Analysis. Special attention is given to practice experience analyzing both spoken and written discourse.

Prerequisite(s):
Prereq: LIN 221 or LIN 222 or SOC 101 or ANT 220.
Crosslisted with: SOC 508