Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Understand and participate in verbal debates arising from the study of different texts
- Describe how institutional discourse is constructed on a linguistic level
- Critically assess key issues and approaches to institutional discourse
- Apply models of discourse analysis to naturally occurring data
- Analyse primary data and case studies (e.g. Written texts, speeches, transcripts)
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Present ideas and results of discourse analysis in a structured, coherent manner
- Apply critical thinking and problem-solving techniques in order to address new issues and new data
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- Links between genres, registers and social practices
- The conceptual and analytical tools which can be used to critically analyse language and discourse
- The nature of language use in social interaction
- The theoretical approaches to discourse, power, ideology, and institutions
- The main characteristics of various texts in both spoken and written language in institutions
- The importance of context to meaning
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Independent Study | 126 |
Seminar | 24 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Pierre Bourdieu (1992). Language and Symbolic Power.
Annabelle Mooney; Betsy Evans (2019). Language, society and power: an introduction.
Ruth Wodak, Michael Meyer (2016). Methods of critical discourse studies.
Ruth Wodak; Barbara Johnstone; Paul E. Kerswill (2010). The SAGE Handbook of Sociolinguistics.
Andrea Mayr (2008). Language and Power : An Introduction to Institutional Discourse. Bloomsbury.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Data analysis project | 50% |
Essay | 50% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Data analysis project | 50% |
Essay | 50% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Essay | 50% |
Data analysis project | 50% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External