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2009 Course Handbook

LING978: Exploring Discourse in Context and Action

This unit focuses on the analysis of spoken, written and multimodal discourses in a range of real-life settings and domains. It locates such discourses in their historical, institutional, and local context presenting a range of methodologies for descriptive, interpretive and explanatory analysis. The unit emphasises application of discourse analysis to the study of professional encounters.

Credit Points:4
Contact Hours:--
When Offered: E1 - Evening; Offered in the first half-year
X1 - External study; Offered in the first half-year (On Campus session: No session)
Staff Contact: Professor Christopher Candlin, Dr Stephen Moore
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Unit Designations: --
Assessed As: Graded
Offered By:

Faculty of Human Sciences

Timetable Information

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Recent Updates

17 Oct 2008 - EDUC80P

Program title amended