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Discourse

Research fields
The student who is interested in discourse studies may focus their research on the following fields:

analysis of discourse (specialized, political, informative, literary, etc.)
textual genres and typologies
specific aspects of discourse analysis from a contrastive point of view

Groups and research projects
This research is based on the following groups and projects:
"The discourse of politicians in the television genres of interview and debate". Ministry of Science and Technology. BSO-2001-0771/2001-2004. Director: Clara Lorda.
Interdisciplinary study (production and reception) of speeches given by politicians of reference (Spain and France, Catalonia and the Basque Country) on TV interview and debate programs.

"Discourse and knowledge". Ministry of Science and Technology (Ramon y Cajal grants). Director: Teun van Dijk.
Within the framework of a new epistemology based on the contributions of cognitive science and social sciences, a theory of knowledge as forms of socio-cultural cognition and its link with the contextual functions and structures of discourse is being developed.

Discourse study thematic network (XED) DURSI: 2000XT0062. Coordinator: Helena Calsamiglia.
Its goal is to encourage relation and interaction between discourse analysis research groups, by organizing seminars and conferences. The network currently has 11 groups (Spain, France and Argentina).
www.upf.edu/dtf/recerca/grups/xarxa/pral.htm

CRITICS-L Network
For ten years there has been an international network for the critical study of discourse with its own list on the internet and which holds annual meetings in numerous European cities.

Discourse Study Group (GED)
This is an organization run by the teaching staff attached to the discourse studies line within the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, which has activities in the projects, in the doctoral program and in the coordination of the discourse studies network. Its goal is to consolidate and activate discourse studies with research initiatives.

Websites to visit: http://www.fu-berlin.de/adieu/vazquez/academicas.htm. Academic skills. Teaching and learning in university environments, website coordinated by Graciela Vázquez.
This website is for all those people who wish to publish, read and discuss issues relating to academic discourse in Spanish, either as a first language or as a foreign language. Its goal is to create a framework where teachers and students alike can find a common area of action for exchanging ideas, promoting international meetings, or at least virtual meetings, and make their work known.

Researchers
The professors of the department who work in this field and who are able to guide students in their research are: