Lecture 5: Language as a social semiotic.

17 Março 2025, 12:30 • Carlos Gouveia

Language as a social semiotic. Language as human life organizer: the organization of societies around systems for the production of material and symbolic culture, systems of face and solidarity, systems of socialization. The functions of language as means to respond to human societal needs.

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Workshop 4: Data systematization – culture and situations

12 Março 2025, 12:30 • Carlos Gouveia

Systematization of previous analytical considerations on samples 1-7 and 9. Elaboration of a descriptive table concerning purpose, representation (what), exchange (who) and message (how) of the 8 samples.

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Lecture 4: Discourse and social life

10 Março 2025, 12:30 • Carlos Gouveia

The relationship between discourse, social life and social practices. Social constructionism and the relativization of knowledge. Discourse naturalization and ideological naturalization.

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Workshop 3: Discourse as practice

26 Fevereiro 2025, 12:30 • Carlos Gouveia

Practical applications of the theoretical grounding discussed in the previous lectures and to be discussed in the next one: language, discourse and its relationship with the situational and cultural contexts. How to analyze discourse. Transcription conventions for spoken discourse.

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Lecture 3: The discursive turn in the social sciences

24 Fevereiro 2025, 12:30 • Carlos Gouveia

The discursive turn in the social sciences and the development of discourse analysis. The notion of discourse and its constitutive nature. Schools of discourse analysis. Descriptive and critical goals of analysis.

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