Language, Text and Context - LING2400
 
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  Linguistics
 
 
Course Outline: See below
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
 
 
Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: LING1000 or LING1500
 
 
Equivalent: ENGL2503, ENGL2820
 
 
Excluded: ENGL2503, LING3903, LING5011
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description


How does language make meaning? How can we critique and evaluate meanings made in texts? What is the role of ideology and social context in the construction of meaning? We will develop a set of analytical tools which focus on the lexis, grammar, and discourse patterns of a variety of texts from different genres and registers, including literary, academic, media, and everday texts. Explores how language in use constructs social interpretations of our world(s) and positions readers in various ways.


Learning Outcomes


At the end of this course, students should be able to:
  • Identify and explain the way in which language relates to its social and cultural context in terms of genre and register
  • Analyse a range of key grammatical patterns of English in terms of both meaning and form/structure across a wide range of text types
  • Synthesize the results of analysis to explain how grammatical choices in a text create meanings, position readers and embody ideology.

Assessment


  • Participation - 10%
  • Assignment 1 - 20%
  • Assignment 2 - 25%
  • Assignment 3 - 45%