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26004-01 - Lecture: Health and language (2 CP)
| Semester | fall semester 2010 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers | Miriam Locher (miriam.locher@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | In this course the focus is on 'language in use' in situations where health plays a role. We will investigate how people interact in situations such as doctors appointments, or counselling sessions, as well as how health educators package their persuasive messages in online Internet sites such as advice columns. The speech acts of advice giving, information giving and suggesting will be discussed in detail, while the contextual factors of the studied practices will be taken into account when analyzing. The lecture is situated within the field of pragmatics and in particular within the field of applied linguistics and discourse analysis. |
| Learning objectives | Students will gain an understanding of the importance of the use of language in health communication and will be introduced to a selection of seminal studies from linguistics, communication studies and sociology. |
| Bibliography | Lecture slides will be made available in OLAT. |
| Weblink | OLAT |
| Admission requirements | None |
| Course application | Please register for this course in MONA as well as in OLAT at the latest by 1 September 2010: https://www.olat.uzh.ch:443/olat/url/RepositoryEntry/2159181829 |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | Online, mandatory |
| Course auditors welcome |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Interphilologische Lehrveranstaltungen für die Slavistik (Master's degree subject: Slavic Studies) Interphilologisches Modul (Bachelor's degree subject: Italianistik) Modul Deutsche Sprachwissenschaft I (Master's degree subject: German Language and Literature) Modul English Sociolinguistics & Cognitive Linguistics (Master's degree subject: English) Modul Extending the View (Linguistics) (Bachelor's degree subject: Englisch) Modul Focusing on the Discipline (Linguistics) (Bachelor's degree subject: Englisch) Modul Interphilologie (Master's degree subject: Italian Language and Literature) Modul Refining Skills in Linguistics (Bachelor's degree subject: Englisch) Modul Research Skills in English Linguistics or Literature (Master's degree subject: English) Modul Sprachen und Gesellschaft (Master's degree subject: French Language and Literature) Modul Texte und Diskurse (Master's degree program: Language and Communication) Modul Vertiefung, Wissen, Praxis (Master's degree subject: Spanish Language and Literature) |
| Assessment format | record of achievement |
| Assessment details | Written exam |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | one repetition, repetition counts |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | no repetition |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Englisches Seminar |