LING 3250 — Discourse Analysis
4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureusually offered: springtypical days: T/FBostonTraditional
Introduces approaches to the analysis of interpersonal and institutional discourse and offers multiple opportunities to carry out small-scale analyses of talk-in-interaction. Major topics include conversational involvement and inference, conversation analysis, intertextuality, linguistic politeness, conversational style, framing, positioning, identity construction, epistemics, and conversations within institutional contexts.
Prerequisites
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2024 | 1 | 13 | 19 | 68% | 6.0 |
| Spring 2025 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 42% | 11.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 38% · T 62% · W 38% · Th 0% · F 62%
Common patterns: TF (62% of sections), MW (38% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Spring
- Aisulu Raspayeva (100% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
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