COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

General Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR KAMIL IŞERI

Offered to

General Linguistics

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide acknowledging how language of persuasion is coded and and how it is transferred to communication process and build the bridge between language and persuasion. After the subject bridge is built, it is aimed to decorate the student with information like; the student's diction and pronunciation mistakes, the obstacles to effective communication and usage of effective speech presentation and being able to perform persuasive speech with the argument text coding techniques.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Aune, R. K., & Kikuchi, T. (1993). Effects of language intensity similarity on perceptions of credibility relational attributions, and persuasion. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 12(3), 224-238.
Büyükkantarcıoğlu, N., & Yarar, B. (2006). Dil ve ikna: Türk politika söyleminde ikna edici önerme yapıları. Dilbilim Araştırmaları, 90-113.
Dillard, J. P., & Pfau, M. (2002). The persuasion handbook: Developments in theory and practice. Sage Publications.
Fabrigar, L. R., MacDonald, T. K., & Wegener, D. T. (2005). The structure of attitudes. The handbook of attitudes, 80.
Hyland, K. (1998). Persuasion and context: The pragmatics of academic metadiscourse. Journal of pragmatics, 30(4), 437-455.
Krabbe, E. C. (1992). So what Profiles for relevance criticism in persuation dialogues. Argumentation, 6(2), 271-283.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. Learning outcomes 1,2,3 will be evaluated via the questions asked in the mid-term and final exams.
2. Learning outcomes 4 and 5 will be evaluated via homework assignment/Project and Short Exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70% class attendance is obligatory.
2. Absence from classes will not be considered as an excuse for late submission of the homework assignments/projects.
3. Cheating and plagiarism attempts in assignments and exams will be evaluated with a 0 (zero) grade.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes