English Studies

G R A D U A T E D E G R E E P R O G R A M M E : E N G L I S H S T U D I E S
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and events, politeness and interaction, conversation and preference
structure, textual cohesion and discursive coherence, and cultural
dimensions of discourse.
The aim throughout is to provide a fundamental insight into the complex
relation between language and message on the one hand and discourse as
individual cognition and social interaction on the other.
In this introductory course, attention is also drawn to the main research
methodologies for linguistic and discourse analysis used in the other courseunits
in the study programme Language and communication, namely those
relying on the use of computer-assisted data collection and analysis and
those concerned with methods of qualitative analysis that accounts for our
ability to interpret everyday communicative practice as well as some other
areas of discourse, in particular literary discourse.
Chapman, S. (2006). Thinking About Language: Theories of English.
Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Cruse, A. (2000). Meaning in Language: An Introduction to Semantics and
Pragmatics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Cutting, J. (2002). Pragmatics and Discourse: A Resource Book for
Students. London & New York: Routledge.
Jaworski, A. & Coupland, N. (ur.) (1999). The Discourse Reader. London
& New York: Routledge.
Mills, S. (1997). Discourse. London & New York: Routledge.
Robson, M. & Stockwell, P. (2005). Language in Theory: A Resource Book
for Students. London & New York: Routledge.
Schiffrin, D., Tannen, D. & Hamilton, H.E. (ur.) (2001). The Handbook of
Discourse Analysis. Malden, MA and Oxford: Blackwell Publishers.
Yule, G. (1996). Pragmatics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Teacher-generated materials.
Black, E. (2006). Pragmatic Stylistics. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University
Press.
Bonačić, M. (2005). The Translator’s Craft as a Cross-Cultural Discourse,
in Caldas-Coulthard, C. R., Toolan, M. (eds) The Writer’s Craft, the
Culture’s Technology. Amsterdam & New York, NY: Rodopi, 123-137.
Brown, G. & Yule, G. (1983). Discourse Analysis. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.
Burke, L., Crowley, T. & Girvin, A. (eds) (2000). The Routledge Language
and Cultural Theory Reader. London & New York: Routledge.
Carter, R. (2004). Language and Creativity: The Art of Common Talk.
London & New York: Routledge.
Carter, R. & McCarthy, M. (2006). Cambridge Grammar of English. A
Comprehensive Guide: Spoken and Written English, Grammar and
Usage. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Fairclough, N. (2003). Analysing Discourse: Textual Analysis for Social
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