Course Title
Discourse Analysis
ENG-(3121)
Credit Hours 3+0 Prerequisites: BSII
This course concentrates on a relatively new field in linguistics known as
discourse analysis. Previously, major analysis was done both in spoken and
written English at the sentence level. Discourse took these to more than sentence
level. Every discourse is different from the other for example media discourse,
classroom discourse, political discourse, electronic discourse. Researchers look
and analyze discourses and try to investigate what is the intended meaning of
words and phrases, syntax, in the given situations
Course Objectives:
To create an awareness of discourse. BT 5
To investigate how discourses in different disciplines differ. BT 4
To justify what factors are important in discourse. BT 6
To apply its practical relevance to language learning and teaching. BT 6
Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs)
At the end of the course the students will be able to:
1. Students identify different interpretations of discourse across the social sciences.
2. Encourage awareness of the ways in which discourse practices vary across
social, cultural and linguistic boundaries, and how this impacts within local and
global contexts.
3 Develop student ability to critically evaluate written materials in the field of
discourse and discourse analysis.
4 Engage students in integrating tools from linguistics and also social theory as a
key method in discourse analysis.
5 Develop student understanding of the different tools of analysis utilised
specifically within Linguistics.
6 Provide students with transferable skills that can be applied in other university
courses and in professional and personal contexts beyond the university.
7 Help students to use new knowledge to better prepare and deliver coherently and
logically argued written assignments.
8 Support students to critically evaluate their own and others’ written texts
Course Outline
1. What is discourse?
Discourse and Sentence
Grammar Analysis of Texts
Context
Text and Texture
2. Formal Links
Verb Forms
Substitution
Ellipsis
Conjunction
3. Functional Analysis
Roles of Producers and Receivers of Speech Acts
Functional Analysis, Coherence and Cohesion
4. Conversational Principles
Cooperation Principles of Grice
Speech Act Theory of Austin and Searle
Declaration and Performatives
Underlying Force (Illocutionary, Locutionary, Perlocutionary)
Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis and Language Teaching
Speech-Politeness
Turn Taking
Assessment Methods
Evaluation done both by Formative and Summative Evaluation
Presentation and assignments
Reference Material
1. Cook, G. 1989 Discourse. Oxford: Oxford University Press
2. Brown, G and Yule, G.1983. Discourse Analysis. [Link]
3. Coulthard, M. 1985. Second Edition. An Introduction to Discourse Analysis.
London. Longman
4. Edmondson, Wllis. 1981. Spoken Discourse: a Model for Analysis. London:
Longman.
5. Grice, H P. 1975. Logic and Conversation in P. Cole and J. L. Morgan. (eds)
1975. Syntax and Semantic 3: Speech Acts. London: Academic Press.
6. Hatc, Evelyn. 1992. Discourse and Language Education. United States of
America. Cambridge University Press.
7. Leech, Geofffrey and Thomas, Jenny. 1988. Pragmatics: The State of the Art.
Lancaster Papers in Linguistics. University of Lancaster
8. Leech, Geoffrey. 1983. Principles of Pragmatics. London. Longman.
9. Levinson, Stephen. 1983. Pragmatics. Cambridge: CUP
10. In H. Parret et al (editors). Possibilities and Limitations of Pragmatics.
11. McCarthy, Michael. 1991. Discourse Analysis for Language Teachers.
Cambridge:CUP.
12. Richards, Jack and Schimidt, Richard. 1983. Language and Communication.
London: Longman
13. Schiffrin, Deborah. 2001. Approaches to Discourse . Oxford: Blackwell.
14. Stubbs, Michael. 1983. Discourse Analysis: The Sociolinguistics Analysis of
Natural Language. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
15. Widdowson, H. G.2007. Discourse Analysis. China. Oxford University Press
Gee, J. P. (2022). How to do Discourse Analysis: A Toolkit for Students and Researchers.
Routledge.
Bach, K. (2022). The Pragmatics of Discourse. Cambridge University Press.
Cameron, L., & de Oliveira, L. (Eds.). (2022). The Routledge Handbook of Language and
Intercultural Communication. Routledge.
Mey, J. L. (2022). Pragmatics: An Introduction. Blackwell. Kecskes, I., & Zhang, Y. (2022).
Pragmatics and Discourse: A Resource Book for Students. Routledge.
Verschueren, J. (2022). Understanding Pragmatics. Routledge.
Bazzanella, C. (2022). Discourse Analysis: Theory and Method. Cambridge University Press.
Hyland, K., & Tse, P. (2022). Academic Writing: A Handbook for International Students.
Routledge.
Haugh, M. (2022). Pragmatics and Interaction. Cambridge University Press.
Schiffrin, D., Tannen, D., & Hamilton, H. (Eds.). (2022). The Handbook of Discourse
Analysis. Wiley-Blackwell.
Weekly Breakup
Week 1 Introduction to Discourse
Week 2 Discourse and Sentence
Week 3 Grammar Analysis of text Written/Spoken
Week 4 context
Week 5 Text and Texture
Week 6 Differences in Written and Spoken text
Week 7 Coherence
Week 8 Cohesion
Week 9 Functional Analysis
Week 10 Roles of producers and receivers of speech act
Week 11 Conversational Analysis
Week 12 Speech Acts
Week 13 Pragmatics
Week 14 Politeness theories
Week 15 review
Week 16 Presentations & activities
TEACHING METHODOLOGY
TEACHING
METHODOLO The teaching tactics have been designed according to the requirements of
GY the course.
• Different handouts and relevant reading materials will be provided to the
students.
• In order to ensure the better understanding of the concepts, productive
class participation will be encouraged which will boost their confidence and
interest.
• The students will be given equal chance to participate, and to discuss
anything related to the topic, and brief question and answer session will be
conducted regarding the discussed topic at the end of every class.
• Assignments, presentations and quizzes will be taken in order to evaluate
them.
• The students will also be evaluated on the basis of their class
participation and performance in class activities