{"id":1899,"date":"2022-06-27T14:36:09","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T06:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caes.hku.hk\/?page_id=1899"},"modified":"2026-06-24T10:00:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T02:00:05","slug":"maal7005","status":"publish","type":"courses","link":"https:\/\/caes.hku.hk\/maal\/courses\/maal7005\/","title":{"rendered":"MAAL7005 Spoken Discourse Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"

COURSE TEACHERS<\/span>:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr.<\/span><\/b> Matthew Yeung<\/span><\/b>
\n<\/span>E-mail: matty@hku.hk<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Dr.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Parco Wong<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>
\n<\/span>E-mail:\u00a0<\/span>pmtw2@hku.hk<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Overview<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This course introduces candidates to a range of approaches to the analysis of spoken discourse. These include Pragmatics, Conversation Analysis, and Semantics. At the end of the course, participants should be able to describe, compare, and apply the different approaches to analyse spoken texts.<\/p>\n

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Aims<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This course aims to introduce participants to different linguistic approaches to the description and analysis of spoken English Discourse \u2013 Pragmatics, Conversation Analysis and Semantics. It also aims to provide opportunities for participants to analyse naturally occurring spoken data using the analytical methods introduced.<\/p>\n

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Course Learning Outcomes <\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:<\/p>\n