Workshop 3: Discourse as practice

9 Fevereiro 2023, 09:30 • Carlos Gouveia

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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 analise discourse. Transcription conventions for spoken discourse.

Lecture 3: The discursive turn in the social sciences.

7 Fevereiro 2023, 09:30 • Carlos Gouveia

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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.

Workshop 2: Exercises on relevant concepts.

2 Fevereiro 2023, 09:30 • Carlos Gouveia

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Practical applications of the theoretical grounding discussed in the two previous lectures: Grice’s maxims of conversation; mono vs multimodal texts; verbal and visual texts. 

Lecture 2: The rule governed character of discourse.

31 Janeiro 2023, 09:30 • Carlos Gouveia

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Linguistics and discourse analysis. The rule governed character of discourse. Verbal interaction: parameters and characteristics. The cooperative principle and the conversational maxims. 

Lecture 1: General aspects for the characterization of discourse Analysis

26 Janeiro 2023, 09:30 • Carlos Gouveia

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Why the name of the course (English Language: System and Use)? What is meant by system? What is meant by use? What is discourse analysis: general aspects for its characterization and possible definitions. Text and discourse.