<p>(Formerly numbered Chicana and Chicano Studies 259.) Seminar, three hours. Limited to departmental graduate students. Two critical discourse analytic (CDA) methods taught to document language of public figures. Student teams employ one method (conceptual metaphor CDA or discourse historical approach) to analyze actual public official’s own discourse surrounding one controversial issue. Empirical study of discourses that are based on independently developed research enterprises can be valuable tool for variety of graduate student research. S/U or letter grading.</p>

Chicana/o and Central American Studies

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The department researches and analyzes the life, history, and culture of Mexican-origin people within the U.S., as well as of other Latina/Latino and indigenous populations in the Americas.

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Critical Discourse Analytic Methods

CCAS 259

4 units