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<p class=MsoPlainText>FYI - please distribute widely. We apologise for
cross-posting!<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoPlainText><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText><b>Announcing new<o:p></o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>MA in Discourse Studies<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

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<p class=MsoPlainText>Enquiries: Marjorie Wood (<a
href="mailto:m.f.wood@lancaster.ac.uk">m.f.wood@lancaster.ac.uk</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText><a
href="http://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/study/postgrad/index.htm">http://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/study/postgrad/index.htm</a>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><a
href="http://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/study/masters/discoursestudies.htm">http://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/study/masters/discoursestudies.htm</a>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText>This new programme builds on Lancaster's internationally
recognised strengths in the field of discourse studies. <o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText>Within this field Lancaster is best-known for its
distinctive approaches to pragmatics, stylistics, and critical discourse
analysis, due to the teaching involvement of Ruth Wodak, Greg Myers, Elena
Semino and Veronika Koller.<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoPlainText>The degree is specifically designed to give you the
competence to undertake empirical work in discourse studies which draws on both
linguistic and social theory.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText>The scheme will help you to realise your potential,
whether you are studying for personal development, further academic study, or
employment in a broad range of areas, including teaching in the UK and abroad,
research, publishing and the media.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText>Aims<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText>The programme seeks to provide extensive and up-to-date
knowledge and understanding of:<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText>    * the structure of discourse and text
at all linguistic levels<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText>    * the uses of genres and argumentative
as well as rhetorical strategies<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText>    * the social theories of discourse<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText>    * the national, regional and global
varieties of genres and texts<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText>    * the patterns of discourse, including
their variation across speech, image, and writing, various media, etc.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText>    * the interdisciplinary application of
discourse analysis.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText>Structure<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText>You take six courses for credit (three in each term) and
can audit one module per term (i.e. actively attend the module but not submit
any work for assessment).<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText>In addition, you are required to attend the non-credit
module on Research Methods in Linguistics and English Language, which provides
an essential grounding in the research skills you will be using in the
programme. You are also strongly encouraged to attend the non-credit
Postgraduate Academic Study Skills module, which helps you to become familiar
with and get the best out of the study techniques the programme involves.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText>Employment prospects<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText>The scheme paves the way for employment in a broad range
of areas, including teaching in the UK and abroad, research, publishing and the
media.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText> <o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText>Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster
University, LA1 4YL, United Kingdom<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText>Tel: +44 (0) 1524 593045 Fax: +44 (0) 1524 843085 E-mail:
<a href="mailto:linguistics@lancaster.ac.uk">linguistics@lancaster.ac.uk</a><o:p></o:p></p>

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