ENGLISH LINGUISTICS AND ESP

1) Knowledge and understanding:

Understanding complex (written and spoken) texts in authentic communicative contexts (news and social media)

Understanding the communicative function of texts in specific, domains.

Knowing the relevant analytical frameworks for the three modules.

2) Applying knowledge and understanding:

Being able to identify, analyse and interpret linguistic and semiotic resources which are relevant to specific contexts and domains (news and social media).

and to use the appropriate tools and statistical measures which better fit with the necessary quantitative analyses.

3)Making judgements:

Being able to identify, analyse and interpret textual data within a complex context, and to use the most appropriate and effective research approach, motivating necessary choices.

4) Communication skills:

Being able to explain and support the various stages of the analysis and its findings in a structured and clear way, making use of an appropriate register and style.

5) Learning skills:

Starting from the knowledge, understanding, and competence developed in the module, being able to continue the graduate programme in a largely self-directed and autonomous way.

The module is divided into three sub-modules:

1. Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA): This sub-module offers an introduction to CDA for a critical reading and interpretation of various authentic texts

2. The Language of News Media (Prof. Halliday): This sub-module focuses on news discourse and specifically on journalism practices.

3. The Language of Social Media (Prof. Venuti): This sub-module focuses on the language of social media from a variety of perspectives.

Critical discourse analysis:

Machin, D. and Mayr, A. (2023 2^nd edition). How to Do Critical Discourse Analysis. A Multimodal Introduction. London: SAGE, pp. 236.

Eriksson, G. and Kenalemang, L. M. (2023). How cosmetic apps fragmentise and metricise the female face: A multimodal critical discourse analysis. Discourse & Communication, 17(3), 278-297. doi:10.1177/17504813231155085

Turvy, A. (2023). Potholes and Power: A Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis of “Look At This F*ckin’ Street” on Instagram. Social Media + Society, 9(3). Doi:10.1177/20563051231194580

 

The language of information:

Bednarek, M. and Caple, H. (2012). News Discourse. Bloomsbury, cap. 1, 2 e 4 (pp. 1-38 and 84-110).

Bednarek, M. and Caple, H. (2017). The Discourse of News Values. How News organisations Create Newsworthiness, Oxford University Press, chapters. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 (pp. 1-133 and 171-194).

Filmer, D. & A. Riggs (2023). "Translating the cultural Other during Covid: A comparative study of Italian and UK online news", inTRAlinea, 25. https://www.intralinea.org/archive/article/2647

Huan, C. (2024). Politicized or popularized? News values and news voices in China’s and Australia’s media discourse of climate change. Critical Discourse Studies, 21(2), 200–217. doi:10.1080/17405904.2023.2200194

 

The language of social media:

Page, R., Barton, D., Unger, J. W., and Zappavigna, M. (2014). Researching Language and Social Media. A Student Guide. London: Routledge, pp. 201.

Krendel, A. (2023). The Reddit manosphere as a text and place. In, E. Esposito and M. KhosraviNik (eds) Discourse in the Digital Age: Social Media, Power and Society, 69–88. London: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781003300786-6

Apirakvanalee, L., & Zhai, Y. (2023). Telling stories from the New Silk Road: A news discourse analysis of BBC’s podcast episodes on the Belt and Road Initiative. Journalism, 24(11), 2551–2569. doi:10.1177/14648849221107223

 

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