<DIV>Hi Beatriz,</DIV>
<DIV> Thanks for your posting to the list. Let me first introduce myself to you. I am Anupam; a phd student in Linguistics at Indiana university, Bloomingtion. My research intersest includes Computer-mediated Discourse Analysis, Pragmatics, Sociolinguistics etc.</DIV>
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<DIV>In response to your question I would like to add that in Indianan University we focus on both Generative as well as functional approach. People those who are interested in syntax, phonology etc are mostly followers of Chomskyan traditions. On the other hand, people like me who are interested in Sociolinguistics, pragmaitics and discourse analysis follow Hllidayan approach.<BR>I think I can include Comupeter-mediated discourse analysis, Contrastive Discourse Analysis and pragmatics as part of CDA. We have prof Susan C Herring (CMDA); Prof B. Hartford (pragmatics, Contrastive Discourse) prof Joseph C Clements (Language contact, Hispanic Linguistics, and Pidgin & Creole).</DIV>
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<DIV>Here are the URL of their homepage:</DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://www.slis.indiana.edu/faculty/herring/">http://www.slis.indiana.edu/faculty/herring/</A></DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://www.indiana.edu/~tesol/people/bh/bhartford.html">http://www.indiana.edu/~tesol/people/bh/bhartford.html</A></DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://www.indiana.edu/~spanport/clements.html">http://www.indiana.edu/~spanport/clements.html</A></DIV>
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<DIV>Hope this piece of information will satisfy your query.</DIV>
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<DIV>Anupam.<BR><BR><B><I>Lutfi M Hussein <lutfi_hussein@YAHOO.COM></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Dear Beatriz,<BR><BR>Welcome to the listserv.<BR><BR>As for your question, I can answer it from my personal<BR>experience here at Arizona State University. The PhD<BR>program I am enrolled in is called<BR>Rhetoric/Composition/Linguistics. While the<BR>Linguistics focus in the US is predominantly Chomskyan<BR>(i.e. formalist) rather than Hallidayan (i.e.<BR>functionalist), this Program provides training in<BR>discourse analysis, pragrmatics, and rhetoric, in<BR>addition to composition (i.e. writing courses with<BR>focus on first-year composition).<BR><BR>The rhetorical analysis theorized and practiced here<BR>in the department (and to a certain extent in the US)<BR>meshes in very nicely with the various approaches in<BR>critical discourse analysis (e.g. those of Norman<BR>Fairclough, Teun van Dijk, Gunther Kress, Theo van<BR>Leeuwen, and Ron Scollon).<BR><BR>The main difference I think
lies in the fact that the<BR>former does not build on Hallidayan Linguistics. I<BR>however see rhetorical analysis and discourse analysis<BR>to be very similar in their philosophical and<BR>theoretical grounding and critical perspective. That<BR>is why the courses/seminars in rhetoric here examine<BR>issues of social injustice and language exploitation.<BR><BR>Best wishes, Lutfi<BR><BR>--- Beatriz Verdasco Vidal <BVERDASCO.UO@UNIOVI.ES><BR>wrote:<BR><BR>> Hello,<BR>> My name is Beatriz Verdasco Vidal and I am a PhD<BR>> student at the University<BR>> of Oviedo in Spain, in the Department of English,<BR>> French and German. I am<BR>> currently working on my dissertation, which analyzes<BR>> the discourse of<BR>> tourism promotion in peripheral regions of Spain. I<BR>> am using Critical<BR>> Discourse Analysis (particularly as in van Dijk and<BR>> Fairclough) as one of my<BR>> main guidelines. I am also working on a project<BR>> about the use of
conceptual<BR>> metaphors in tourist discourse. My background<BR>> includes a BA in English<BR>> Studies (Univ. of Oviedo), and an MA in Hispanic<BR>> Linguistics (at Univ. of<BR>> Massachusetts, Amherst), focusing on Bilingualism<BR>> and Language Contact. I<BR>> have also been a visiting scholar at City University<BR>> of New York. I am<BR>> afraid I will not be participating very actively in<BR>> this list in the near<BR>> future because I am running against a deadline but<BR>> thank you very much for<BR>> pointing to some interesting readings. I would,<BR>> however, like to post a<BR>> question that I hope you might be able to answer: it<BR>> seems that most of the<BR>> work in CDA is being done in Europe, but I see that<BR>> some of the people in<BR>> this list are PhD students at U.S. universitites. I<BR>> would like to know what<BR>> U.S. universities or programs are including CDA as a<BR>> field of research,
or<BR>> have people who are working on it. Thanks in advance<BR>> and regards,<BR>> Bea<BR>><BR>><BR>> Beatriz Verdasco Vidal<BR>> Departamento de Filologia Anglogermanica y Francesa<BR>> Universidad de Oviedo<BR>> C/ Teniente Alfonso Martinez s/n<BR>> 33011 Asturias - Espaņa<BR>><BR><BR><BR>=====<BR>Lutfi M Hussein<BR>lutfi_hussein@yahoo.com<BR>http://www.public.asu.edu/~lhussein/<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Anupam Das<br>2602,East Gate Lane<br>Park Doral,Apt#2D<br>Bloomington,<br>IN-47408<br>Ph:001-812-337-0450<p>
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