Online Courses Handbook 2003

304160 (v.2) Language in Use 300

Area:	School of Languages and Intercultural Education
Contact Hours:	3.0
Credits:	50.0
Lecture:	2 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Anti Requisite(s):	304159 (v.2) Language in Use 200
The linguistic characteristics of different texts and text types (both oral and written) according to function and genre. Examination of what it is that makes texts meaningful and coherent to users in terms of style, register, vocabulary, phonology and syntax. An overview of schema theory, speech act theory and discourse analysis.