COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DISCOURSE OF POLITICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIL 4072 DISCOURSE OF POLITICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 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   Understanding the basics of rhetoric
2   Analyzing the Turkish political context diachronically and synchronically
3   Examining linguistic studies on the analysis of political texts
4   To be able to examine the texts produced in the political field
5   Gaining the ability to reveal the linguistic strategies used and the ideology them

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 Mid-term exam
8 Inauguration speeches in Political discourse
9 Political editorials
10 Texts of press conferences
11 Argumentative texts produced by different ideological fractions
12 Analysis of sample political texts I
13 Analysis of sample political texts II
14 Writing political texts II
15 Writing political texts II
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Combei, C.R. & Reggi, V. (2023). Appraisal, Sentiment and Emotion Analysis in Political Discourse: A Multimodal, Multi-method Approach. London & New York: Routledge.
2. Glynos, J. ve diğ. (2009). Discourse Analysis: Varieties and Methods. In: National Centre for Research Methods. Ağustos 2009.
3. Jorgens, M. & Philips, L. J. (2002). Discourse Ananlysis as Theory and Method. Sage Publications: London.
4. 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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Learning objectives 1-5 will be evaluated by a mid-term and a final exam

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)

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 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 6 72
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

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
LO.45555
LO.55555