LFU:online

The course aims at making students better aware of the types and formats of computer-mediated communication that use English as a language of wider communication. This implies looking at new text-types and genres that are emerging within the new media, and especially at the different forms that this type of communication (supposedly incorporating features from both the spoken and the written language) shows.

A general overview on studies on CMC will pre provided, including the main theories drawing from discourse Analysis and Conversation Analysis; students will then proceed to carry out their own specific studies.

initial overview, discussions, presentations by individual students

Students are required to attend regularly; presence at the first session, in particular, is mandatory. Other requirements for positive assessment are: adequate language proficiency, active participation in discussions, regular reporting on research progress, a 20-min presentation ( with handout, and a written research paper (stylesheet for linguistics available on Institute’s website).

Pragmatics of Computer-Mediated Communication Ed. by Herring, Susan / Stein, Dieter / Virtanen, Tuija DE GRUYTER MOUTON (available as e-book through Library search-engine)

positive Absolvierung der PM 5, 6 + 7 or 8

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