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49811-01 - Seminar: Discourse and context (3 CP)
| Semester | fall semester 2017 |
| Course frequency | Irregular |
| Lecturers | Daria Dayter (daria.dayter@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | The seminar intends to develop a better understanding of discourse analysis and pragmatics and, specifically, of the role of context in meaning-making. We will examine how meaning and speech acts are situated in context, how both are influenced by context, how context is imported into discourse, and how context is entextualized in discourse. Contextual phenomena such as deixis, staging and perspectivization will be considered as means of realising the relation between discourse and context linguistically. Of particular interest is the way a recipient influences the organisation of discourse. We will answer this question by studying polyphony, heteroglossia and signalling in discourse. |
| Learning objectives | Students will become acquainted with the linguistic subdisciplines that can be applied to the study of context in language; students will be familiar with the key terminology and able to discuss contextual phenomena in informed critical manner; they will learn to analyse language data using discourse analytic and pragmatic approaches. |
| Bibliography | Texts will be made available on ADAM. |
| Weblink | ADAM |
| Admission requirements | This seminar is for BA students on the advanced level: for BA05 students those who have completed their proseminar paper in linguistics; for BA13 students those who have completed ALL three introductory modules (including the proseminar paper). |
| Course application | Register by email to daria.dayter@unibas.ch. Places are limited to 20. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | Online, mandatory |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Modul Advanced English Linguistics (Bachelor's degree subject: English) Modul Extending the View (Linguistics) (Bachelor's degree subject: English (Start of studies before 01.08.2013)) Modul Focusing on the Discipline (Linguistics) (Bachelor's degree subject: English (Start of studies before 01.08.2013)) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | regular and active participation; oral presentation; a written assignment |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | as often as necessary |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Fachbereich Englische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft |