COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PRAGMATICS AND DISCOURSE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIL 5054 PRAGMATICS AND DISCOURSE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

General Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR GÜLSÜM SONGÜL ERCAN

Offered to

General Linguistics

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to study language use in relation to speaker, listener and context within the framework of the pragmatic and discursive theories theoretically and in practice.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Identify the meaning in context
2   Explain main concepts and theories in pragmatics
3   Explain main concepts and theories in discourse analysis
4   Evaluate a study on discourse analysis
5   Discuss how a discourse segment can be analysed using different theories
6   Make a study using a theory used in pragmatics and discourse

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The relationship between pragmatics and discourse
2 Deixis and its types
3 Presupposition and entailment
4 Criteria of textuality
5 Cohesion and coherence
6 Direct and indirect speech acts
7 Cooperation principle and maxims of conversation
8 Mid-term
9 Politeness and face
10 Written, oral and electronic discourse
11 Proposition, macrostucture and superstructure
12 Conversation anaylsis
13 Sample analyses
14 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Brown, G. ve Yule, G. (1983). Discourse Analysis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Cutting, J. (2005). Pragmatics and discourse: A resource book for students. Routledge.
Johnstone, B. (2008). Discourse Analysis. USA: Blackwell Publishing.
Jorgens, M. & Philips, L. J. (2002). Discourse Ananlysis as Theory and Method. Sage Publications: London.
Mey, J. L. (2001). Pragmatics: an introduction.
Renkema, J. (1993). Discourse Studies. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
Schiffrin, D., Tannen, D., & Hamilton, H. E. (Eds.). (2008). The handbook of discourse analysis. John Wiley & Sons
Yule, G. (1996). Pragmatics. Oxford: OUP

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Presentation and discussion
2. Question and answer
3. Weekly readings
4. Presentation
5. Assignment

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Learning outcomes 1-6 will be evaluated via the questions asked in the mid-term and final exams, presentations and assignments.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70% class attendance is obligatory.
2. Absence from classes will not be considered as an excuse for late submission of the homework assignments/projects.
3. Cheating and plagiarism attempts in assignments and exams will be evaluated with a 0 (zero) grade.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Tutorials 0 0 0
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 2 10 20
Preparing presentations 2 10 20
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 4 40
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.112
LO.212
LO.312
LO.4
LO.5
LO.6