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Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies (ALDS)

School of Linguistics and Language Studies
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

ALDS 4709 [0.5 credit]

Systemic-Functional Linguistics

Functions of language in the exchange of meanings between people in a wide variety of communicative situations. Semantic and syntactic resources at risk in these different contexts. Interactions between language and the social context. Also offered at the graduate level, with additional or different requirements, as ALDS 5102, for which additional credit is precluded.
Precludes additional credit in LALS 4709 or LALS 5102 (no longer offered).
Prerequisite: third-year standing in Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies, or Linguistics, or Journalism, or Communication Studies, or permission of the instructor.
Lectures three hours a week.


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