EHD 577 - Discourse Analysis

This course is designed to provide an overview of some of the various theories of and approaches to the analysis of spoken and written discourse, e.g., speech act theory, conversation analysis, sociolinguistics, critical discourse analysis. These and other approaches are intended to serve as analytic tools and frameworks for students to examine different aspects of discourse through analytical projects using data provided by he instructor AND collected/provided by the student. These projects may focus on any aspect of language use, such as language and grammar, language and interaction, language and culture, language socialization. We will read classic and contemporary works in discourse studies from a range of perspectives and applied to a range of phenomena (some explicitly educational, some not).

Prerequisites & Notes
EHD 571 or instructor permission.

Credits: 3