COURSE OUTLINE

(1) GENERAL

SCHOOL HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES

ACADEMIC UNIT PHILOLOGY
LEVEL OF STUDIES UNDERGRADUATE
COURSE CODE PHL_Γ802 SEMESTER 8th (spring semester)
COURSE TITLE DISCOURSE ANALYSIS
INDEPENDENT TEACHING ACTIVITIES
if credits are awarded for separate components of the course, e.g. lectures, WEEKLY
CREDITS
laboratory exercises, etc. If the credits are awarded for the whole of the TEACHING HOURS
course, give the weekly teaching hours and the total credits
Lectures 2 (13 weeks) 1
Application of basic principles of Discourse Analysis and 1(13 weeks) 0,6
exercises
Portfolio of practical assignments 3 (13 weeks) 1,6
Preparation for the written examination 3,6 (13 weeks) 1,8

Add rows if necessary. The organisation of teaching and the teaching TOTAL: 5,0
methods used are described in detail at (d). 9,6 (13 weeks)
COURSE TYPE Compulsory
general background,
special background, specialised general
knowledge, skills development
PREREQUISITE COURSES: There are no prerequisite courses. It is, however,
recommended that students should have at least a basic
knowledge of General Linguistics, Textlinguistics and
Sociolinguistics.
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION and Greek
EXAMINATIONS:
IS THE COURSE OFFERED TO Yes (reading course based on English bibliography)
ERASMUS STUDENTS
COURSE WEBSITE (URL) https://eclass.upatras.gr/courses/LIT1796/
(2) LEARNING OUTCOMES

Learning outcomes
The course learning outcomes, specific knowledge, skills and competences of an appropriate level, which the students will acquire
with the successful completion of the course are described.
Consult Appendix A
• Description of the level of learning outcomes for each qualifications cycle, according to the Qualifications Framework of the
European Higher Education Area

• Descriptors for Levels 6, 7 & 8 of the European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning and Appendix B

• Guidelines for writing Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course the student should be able to:

1. Identify the main theoretical approaches to the analysis of (oral or written) discourse

2. Recognize the deictic elements of an utterance, its implicatures, the speech acts involved, the
degree of its threatening effects, and its role in conversation

3. Realize the performative use of language

At the end of the course the student will have further developed the following skills/competences:
1. Ability to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of essential
 concepts of Discourse Analysis
2. Ability to analyze authentic data on the basis of the theoretical concepts of Discourse Analysis
3. Ability to tackle problems of linguistic and/or multidisciplinary nature
4. Ability to consider the various theoretical approaches critically
5. Ability to develop the skills needed for a professional career in linguistics
General Competences
Taking into consideration the general competences that the degree-holder must acquire (as these appear in the Diploma
Supplement and appear below), at which of the following does the course aim?
Search for, analysis and synthesis of data and information, Project planning and management
with the use of the necessary technology Respect for difference and multiculturalism
Adapting to new situations Respect for the natural environment
Decision-making Showing social, professional and ethical responsibility and
Working independently sensitivity to gender issues
Team work Criticism and self-criticism
Working in an international environment Production of free, creative and inductive thinking
Working in an interdisciplinary environment ……
Production of new research ideas Others…
…….
1. Search, analyze and synthesize data and information, using the necessary technologies.
2. Adapting to new situations.
3. Decision making.
4. Independent work.
5. Generating new research ideas.
6. Respect for difference and multiculturalism
7. Project management and design.
8. Social, professional and ethical responsibility and sensibility towards gender issues.
9. Criticism and self-criticism.
10. Promoting free and creative thinking.
(3) SYLLABUS

(1) Language use.

(2) Sentence and utterance.
(3) The importance of context for the analysis of discourse.Probability and computer theory.
(4) Deictic expressions.
(5) Principles and rules of interaction.
(6) Literal and implied meaning.
(7) Conversational implicatures.
(8) Basic concepts of speech act theory.
(9) Direct and indirect speech acts.
(10) The concept of face and theories of politeness.
(11) Conversation Analysis: exchange structures, turn-taking models and adjacency pairs,
initiation, inserted and termination sequences, repair mechanisms, overlaps and interruptions.
(12) Analysis of naturally occurring conversational narratives.
(13) Transcription systems.
(4) TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS - EVALUATION

DELIVERY In the classroom (face to face).

Face-to-face, Distance learning, etc.
USE OF INFORMATION AND Slides for overhead projector or power point presentations.
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY The teaching of this course is supplemented by the asynchronous distant
Use of ICT in teaching, laboratory education, education platform “e-class”.
communication with students
TEACHING METHODS Activity Semester workload
The manner and methods of teaching are described Lectures 26
in detail.
Lectures, seminars, laboratory practice, fieldwork,
Application of basic principles of 13
study and analysis of bibliography, tutorials, Discourse Analysis and exercises
placements, clinical practice, art workshop, Portfolio of practical assignments 39
interactive teaching, educational visits, project, essay Self study 47
writing, artistic creativity, etc.

The student's study hours for each learning activity

are given as well as the hours of non-directed study Course total 125 h
according to the principles of the ECTS (5 ECTS)
STUDENT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION Ι. Written examination including questions requiring short answers
Description of the evaluation procedure (100%).
ΙΙ. Portfolio of practical assignments (as extra credit).
Language of evaluation, methods of evaluation,
summative or conclusive, multiple choice
questionnaires, short-answer questions, open-ended Grade 4 corresponds to Fail.
questions, problem solving, written work, For the passing grades, the following correspondence holds:
essay/report, oral examination, public presentation, i. 5 (or 5.5)  E, 6 (or 6.5)  D, 7 (or 7.5)  C, 8 (or 8.5)  B
laboratory work, clinical examination of patient, art and 9 - 10  A.
interpretation, other

Specifically-defined evaluation criteria are given, and

if and where they are accessible to students.

(5) ATTACHED BIBLIOGRAPHY

-Recommended bibliography:

1. Austin J. L. (1962). How to Do Things with Words. Oxford: Clarendon press.

2. Blakemore D. (1992). Understanding Utterances: An introduction to pragmatics. Oxford:
Blackwell.
3. Brown P. & S. Levinson (1987). Politeness. Some Universals in Language Usage.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
4. Georgakopoulou Α. & D. Goutsos (2004). Discourse Analysis: An Introduction. Edinburgh:
Edinburgh University Press.
5. Grice P. (1975), “Logic and Conversation”. Στο Cole & Morgan (eds.), Syntax and Semantics
3: Speech Acts. New York: Academic Press, 41-58.
6. Leech G. 1983. Principles of Pragmatics. London: Longman.
7. Levinson S. C. (1983). Pragmatics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
8. Marmaridou S. (2000). Pragmatic Meaning and Cognition. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
9. Mey J. L. (1993), Pragmatics: An introduction. Oxford: Blackwell.
10. Johnstone Β. (2002). Discourse Analysis. Oxford: Blackwell.
11. Sacks H., Schegloff, E. A. & Jefferson, G. (1974). “A simplest systematics for the
organisation of turn-taking for conversation”. Language, 50: 696-735.
12. Searle J. R. (1969). Speech Acts: An Essay in the Philosophy of Language. Cambridge:
Cambrige University Press.
13. Searle J. R. (1975). “Indirect speech acts”. Στο Cole, P. & Morgan, J.
14. (eds.), Syntax and Semantics 3: Speech Acts. New York: Academic Press, 59-82.
15. Searle J. R. (1976). “A classification of illocutionary acts”. Language in Society, 5(1): 1-23.
16. Sifianou M. (1992). Politeness Phenomena in England and Greece. A Cross-Cultural
Perspective. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
17. Sperber D. & Wilson, D. (1986/1995), Relevance: Communication and cognition. Oxford: B.
 Blackwell.
18. Yule G. (1996). Pragmatics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.