LING226-25S2 (C) Semester Two 2025

Discourse, Communication and Society

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 14 July 2025
End Date: Sunday, 9 November 2025
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 27 July 2025
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 28 September 2025

Description

Interaction is at the heart of our social worlds. But how do context, ideologies and the "way we do things around here" shape those interactions? By learning about pragmatics and discourse analysis, we will explore the impact of language use on all aspects of our lives: our identities, our communities and our employment. You will be introduced to analytic techniques that allow us to make the connection between language and pressing societal issues.

Prerequisites

15 points in any 100 level paper

Timetable 2025

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 09:00 - 11:00 Meremere 526
14 Jul - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 19 Oct
Workshop A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 15:00 - 16:00 James Logie 104
14 Jul - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 19 Oct

Course Coordinator

Meredith Marra

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
The technicalities of working with discourse 25%
The practices of data collection and analysis 40%
How discourse analysis can be used to investigate 35%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $894.00

International fee $4,100.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Language, Social and Political Sciences .

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