120080 SE Linguistics Seminar (appl. ling.): Institutional discourse analysis: Media and political discourse (2008W)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Diese LVA gilt für das Masterstudium English Language and Linguistics nach UG2002, das Diplomstudium (UniStG) und das Lehramt UF Englisch (UniStG).
Details
max. 18 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Friday
10.10.
11:30 - 13:00
Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
Friday
17.10.
11:30 - 13:00
Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
Friday
24.10.
11:30 - 13:00
Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
Friday
31.10.
11:30 - 13:00
Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
Friday
07.11.
11:30 - 13:00
Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
Friday
14.11.
11:30 - 13:00
Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
Friday
21.11.
11:30 - 13:00
Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
Friday
28.11.
11:30 - 13:00
Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
Friday
05.12.
11:30 - 13:00
Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
Friday
12.12.
11:30 - 13:00
Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
Friday
19.12.
11:30 - 13:00
Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
Friday
09.01.
11:30 - 13:00
Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
Friday
16.01.
11:30 - 13:00
Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
Friday
23.01.
11:30 - 13:00
Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
Friday
30.01.
11:30 - 13:00
Besprechungsraum Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O2-07
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
The course offers several perspectives on current interpretations of the multidisciplinary notion of institutional discourse analysis and some of the current analytical approaches to dialogue-based institutional discourse genres. Two particular institutional discourses will be investigated in more detail: TV media discourse (e.g. talk shows) and political discourse (e.g. parliamentary debates).Taking several chapters in van Dijk (1996) and Jaworski and Coupland (1999) as points of departure, we will explore the structures of discourse and their multiple functions in the communicative context, highlighting patterns which embody particular institutional practices, social values and views of the world. Students are expected to become familiar with major theoretical and empirical discourse-analytical traditions and to be able to analyse institutional discourse samples in terms of three main dimensions: language use and misuse, context-specific communication patterns and interaction in social situations.The term paper should contain an analysis of an institutional dialogue of the students' own choice. In writing their term paper, students are supposed to show that they are aware of the relationship betweeen particular institutional practices and varying discursive forms (accounting for participant institutional roles, power relations, multiple audience-targeted talk, etc.).
Assessment and permitted materials
Regular attendance (mandatory), active participation in class, presentation and discussion of methodological and empirical issues, assigned papers, short essays, final paper.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
This course has a twofold purpose. Theoretically, it provides a more detailed and explicit picture of the discursive practices that people engage in professionally, semi-professionally and non-professionally in the media and the political fields of activity. Moreover, the course is meant to provide students with the linguistic tools necessary for analysing various sub-types of goal-oriented interaction and the mechanisms of meaning construction and negotiation in the political and media domains. Practically, the course is expected to enable students to become increasingly aware of the underlying power balance, status relations and gender roles involved in the institutional use of language, as well as of the way in which language-users can contribute to shaping the institutional frameworks in which specific language varieties are used.
Examination topics
Students engage in classroom discussions and small-group discussions, presentations, and write short reports on course-related topics. Together we discuss linguistic and discourse-analytical approaches, and the ways in which they can be applied to the examination of particular data/samples from media and political discourse.
Students will be given both theoretical and practical assignments
Students will be given both theoretical and practical assignments
Reading list
Several chapters from:
Jaworski, A., Coupland, N. (eds.). 1999. The discourse reader, London: Routledge.
van Dijk, Teun A. (ed.).1997. Discourse studies: A multidisciplinary introduction (2 vols). London: Sage, Vol. I: Discourse as structure and process; Vol. 2: Discourse as social interaction.Articles:
Ilie, C.1999. Question-response argumentation in talk shows. Journal of Pragmatics 31 (8): 975-999.
Ilie, C. 2001. Semi-institutional Discourse: The Case of Talk Shows. Journal of Pragmatics 33(2): 209-254.
Ilie, C. 2003a. Histrionic and agonistic features of parliamentary discourse. Studies in Communication Sciences 3(1): 25-53.
Ilie, C. 2003b. Discourse and metadiscourse in parliamentary debates. Journal of Language and Politics 1(2): 269-291.
Ilie, C. 2005. Interruption patterns in British parliamentary debates and drama dialogue. In A. Betten and M. Dannerer (eds.), Dialogue Analysis IX: Dialogue in Literature and the Media. Selected Papers from the 9th IADA Conference, Salzburg 2003, 415-430. Tübingen: Niemeyer.
Ilie, C. 2006. Parliamentary Discourses. Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics (ed. Keith Brown), 2nd Edition, Vol. 9, 188-196. Oxford: Elsevier.Additional material will be provided by the teacher.
Jaworski, A., Coupland, N. (eds.). 1999. The discourse reader, London: Routledge.
van Dijk, Teun A. (ed.).1997. Discourse studies: A multidisciplinary introduction (2 vols). London: Sage, Vol. I: Discourse as structure and process; Vol. 2: Discourse as social interaction.Articles:
Ilie, C.1999. Question-response argumentation in talk shows. Journal of Pragmatics 31 (8): 975-999.
Ilie, C. 2001. Semi-institutional Discourse: The Case of Talk Shows. Journal of Pragmatics 33(2): 209-254.
Ilie, C. 2003a. Histrionic and agonistic features of parliamentary discourse. Studies in Communication Sciences 3(1): 25-53.
Ilie, C. 2003b. Discourse and metadiscourse in parliamentary debates. Journal of Language and Politics 1(2): 269-291.
Ilie, C. 2005. Interruption patterns in British parliamentary debates and drama dialogue. In A. Betten and M. Dannerer (eds.), Dialogue Analysis IX: Dialogue in Literature and the Media. Selected Papers from the 9th IADA Conference, Salzburg 2003, 415-430. Tübingen: Niemeyer.
Ilie, C. 2006. Parliamentary Discourses. Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics (ed. Keith Brown), 2nd Edition, Vol. 9, 188-196. Oxford: Elsevier.Additional material will be provided by the teacher.
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