Registers of Our Daily Life

3 credits · Undergraduate

(3 hrs Lecture) Students are introduced to issues involved in the research being done by linguists, text analysts, discourse analysts, and sociolinguists concerning various types of institutional discourse. They are required to carry out a research project on a register of their choice. Experimental investigations and contemporary research focus on medical, scientific, legal, business, financial, political, classroom, and media discourse. Cross-listed: ANTH-3407(3), ENGL-3802(3). Restrictions: Students may not hold credit for this course and ANTH-3407 | ENGL-3802. Requisite Courses: LING-2101 or ANTH-2406 or ENGL-2804 [prerequisite(s)].