Units of Study

LNGS7004 - Register and Genre in English

Semester 1b, 2011  |  Credit Points: 6

Coordinator: Shoshana Judith Dreyfus
Phone: +61 2 9114 1379
Email: shooshi.dreyfus@sydney.edu.au

Description

This unit of study introduces students to current research in the theory of genre and register with a focus on English. It will explore how choices in grammar and discourse (e.g. speech function, conjunction, cohesive devices, methods of development and argumentation, schematic structure) impact on the ways in which people engage with different types (genres, registers) of texts. The framework for the unit derives from a variety of linguistic approaches, including corpus linguistics and functional linguistics.

Assessments

1x5000wd assignment (100%)

Textbooks

J R Martin & David Rose, Genre Relations: mapping culture, Equinox

Classes

1x2-hr seminar/week

 Monday

  10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm

LNGS7004

             

Seminar 1

1 This class runs from Week 1 to Week 5

 Wednesday

  10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm

LNGS7004

           

Seminar 2

 

 

             

Seminar 3

2 This class runs from Week 6 to Week 8
3 This class runs from Week 1 to Week 5

The information displayed above is indicative only as online information is subject to change without notice. The Faculty Handbook and the University of Sydney Calendar are the official legal source of information relating to study at the University of Sydney