COURSE UNIT TITLE

: POLITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIL 4052 POLITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR MELTEM SARGIN

Offered to

Linguistics

Course Objective

In this course it is aimed that the students study the political discourse in a
historical, theoretical and applied way, thus disclosing the linguistic strategies and
underlying ideologies.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Comprehending the foundations of rhetoric
2   Studying political texts
3   Developing the skill of revealing the linguistic strategies and the underlying ideologies

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Historical foundations of rhetoric
2 Properties of argumentative texts
3 Linguistic construction of social reality
4 Definition of political discourse
5 The relation between ideology and political discourse
6 Textual and discursive properties of election speeches delivered by politicians
7 Political editorials
8 midterm
9 Texts of press conferences
10 Argumentative texts produced by different ideological fractions
11 Analysis of sample political texts I
12 Analysis of sample political texts II
13 Writing political texts II
14 Writing political texts II

Recomended or Required Reading

Glynos, J. ve diğ. (2009). Discourse Analysis: Varieties and Methods. In: National
Centre for Research Methods. Ağustos 2009.
Jorgens, M. & Philips, L. J. (2002). Discourse Ananlysis as Theory and Method. Sage
Publications: London.
Van Dijk, T. (1997). What is Political Discourse Analysis . In: Blommaert, Jan and
Chris Bulcaen (eds.), Political Linguistics. 1997. vi, 312 pp. (pp. 11 52).

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Student presentations
3. Question-answer
4. Discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Learning objectives 1-3 will be evaluated by a mid-term and a final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance at class meetings and handing in assignments in time are of importance. The
students have to obey the ethical rules required by the acedemic society such as
citation and reference while preparing their assignments.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

meltem.sargin@deu.edu.tr
Office no: B Blok B 432
Office tel no: 0232 301 86 24

Office Hours

Any available time.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 74

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.15555
LO.25555
LO.35555