ENG 6939 - Spring 2025 - Barajas
Spring
2025
ENG 6939
Seminar in English: Approaches to Discourse Analysis
E. Dominguez Barajas
This course provides a foundation in the field of Discourse Analysis by introducing advanced graduate students to a variety of research methodologies (e.g., speech act theory; conversation analysis; pragmatics; interactional sociolinguistics; ethnography of communication; critical discourse analysis) guiding contemporary research in the field. Students will learn about the history, theory, and actual research practices involved in the various approaches.
Requirements: This course satisfies the requirement for coursework in the following Area of Concentration: Rhetoric and Composition.