The aim of this module is to equip students with a knowledge of how discourse works at linguistic, metalinguistic, and paralinguistic levels. Students will be exposed to a wide range of discourse types, and will learn methodologies (and their theoretical bases) available for analysing them, especially with a view to exposing meanings which would otherwise remain hidden.

(LO1) Understand some of the theoretical principles behind discourse analysis.

(LO2) Be able to identify a range of discourse types.

(LO3) Collect discourse data and analyse them according to an appropriate methodology.

(LO4) Understand the implicit or concealed ideology that motivates discourse.

(S1) Adaptability

(S2) Research management developing a research strategy, project planning and delivery, risk management, formulating questions, selecting literature, using primary/secondary/diverse sources, collecting & using data, applying research methods, applying ethics

(S3) Information literacy online, finding, interpreting, evaluating, managing and sharing information

(S4) Literacy application of literacy, ability to produce clear, structured written work and oral literacy - including listening and questioning

The module will begin with a theoretical overview that will introduce the principles behind discourse analysis, and the methodologies available for analysing discourse. A number of different discourse types will then be examined in turn. They will include: The discourse of news reporting The discourse of advertising Popular writing (magazine features, etc.) Institutional discourse Political disourse Legal discourse Academic discourse

Teaching Method 1 - Lecture
Description: One 90-minute lecture per week.
Attendance Recorded: No

Teaching Method 2 - Seminar
Description: One 90-minute workshop (a seminar which will divide into small sub-groups, then reconvene) per week.
Attendance Recorded: Yes