? Credit Points : 20  ? SCQF Level : 10  ? Acronym : PPL-3-DA-LI

The course introduces students to key concepts and methods used in the analysis of writen and spoken discourse. Students taking this course also get ample opportunities to try those methods by working on actual instances of discourse.

? Pre-requisites : Linguistics 2A + 2B or Linguistics 2A + 2L

Home subject area

Language Sciences, (School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, Schedule I)

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 9 weeks

? Other Required Attendance : 1 hour(s) per week for 9 weeks

All of the following classes

Type Day Start End Area Lecture Monday 11:10 12:00 Central Lecture Tuesday 11:10 12:00 Central

? Additional Class Information : Data sessions and supervision meetings to be arranged

At the end of the course, students will be able to
- understand and discuss critically the importance of investigating actual language use
- read and understand critically discourse analytic literature
- conduct small scale projects in discourse analysis using appropriate data and methodologies

Coursework (50%), final exam (50%)

Exam times

Diet Diet Month Paper Code Paper Name Length 1ST May 1 - 2 hour(s)

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Mr Brian Carral
Tel : (0131 6)50 9327
Email : brian.carral@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Dr Joseph Gafaranga
Tel : (0131 6)50 3496
Email : josephg@ling.ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.ppls.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/