Course Detail
Units:
3.0
Course Components:
Lecture
Enrollment Information
Enrollment Requirement:
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing.
Description
An examination of ways of linking linguistic analysis and social theory, particularly within the framework of the emerging school of critical discourse analysis. Particular attention given to media discourse. Major topics include presupposition, implication, textual "silences," context, staging, framing, intertextuality, metaphor, and cultural models and myths.