Course Description:
This course introduces the main areas of studying text and language varieties. These areas include discourse markers,
textual units, text structuring, cohesion, coherence and conventional analysis. In addition, the course covers specific
techniques used in the analysis of varieties of speech and writing. There is also special emphasis on the study of macro-functions of language as seen in the analysis of actual texts; students will examine concrete manifestations of language
use and the social and cultural norms relating to that use.
Course Objectives:
- Help students identify the aspects of cohesion and coherence.
- Make students explore the relation between the language and the mind.
- Help students recognize the various topics of discourse analysis and text linguistics.
- Enable students to analyze and use techniques of text analysis of wide varieties in English.
- Let students demonstrate practical abilities in analyzing conversational skills