LING 221 eDiscourse
Department of English
Text messaging, blogging, emails and updates on social networking sites such as Facebook require particular styles of English, and yet, despite the popularity of electronic discourse, little linguistic analysis has been done. LING 221 will introduce students to theoretical linguistic concepts of pragmatics, semantics, syntax, sociolinguistics, genre, discourse analysis and translation across languages by using samples of discourse from text messages, emails, blogs, social networking sites and websites. Students will be able to analyse the "fun" electronic discourse in relation to established linguistics theories from spoken and written texts. Students will apply linguistics theories to their own samples of ediscourse.
Prerequisites
18 points
Restrictions
None
Time commitment
Lectures Mon, Wed: 1400-1550
The first lecture is on Wednesday, 6 January
Tutorials Thu: 1000-1050 or 1500-1550
Lecturer
Mr Alec Benson
Course coordinator
Dr Anne Feryok
Prescribed textbook
None. A readings list will be available on Blackboard.
Assessment
Online reading and reflection x 6 30%
Essay x 2 30%
Research assignment 40%
Class limits
Minimum 20, maximum 100
