The document provides guidelines for a final project applying frameworks of discourse analysis and stylistics to an authentic text. Students must choose a spoken or written text in Arabic or English to analyze from perspectives discussed in class, such as intertextuality, speech acts, and identity construction. The project submission must include 6 pages of analysis following APA format and a reference page. Analysis of the chosen text should explore discourse phenomena using terminology from the frameworks in a comprehensive manner with examples and explanations.

1. I need 6 pages for the project and the 7th page is the reference
Project Concept
The final project allows students to apply different frameworks
of discourse analysis and stylistics on an authentic text of their
choice.
Text
Analyzed text
should be
authentic
, i.e., not a figment of one’s imagination, but a record of an
existent interaction
. It could be
spoken or written, literary or non-literary, in Arabic or English.
Spoken text is to be transcribed, and the audio/video file
containing the text is to be submitted along with the project for
instructor review
. If the text is in Arabic, examples may be cited in Arabic, but
all discussion of text is to be in English.
Discourse Analysis and Stylistics Perspectives
Discourse and stylistics perspectives are to be applied in a
comprehensive and sophisticated manner. That is, indices are to
be clearly highlighted, explanations of their relation to
frameworks are to be explained, and connections with other
aspects of discourse are to be made. Perspectives discussed in
class include:
1.
Intertextuality in discourse
2.
Differences between spoken and written discourse (grammatical

2. intricacy, lexical density, nominalization, explicitness,
contextualization, spontaneity, repetition, hesitation,
redundancy)
3.
Speech acts (illocutionary acts, directness/indirectness in
relation to syntactic structures)
4.
The cooperative principle (maxims, meta-discourse, flouting,
violating, opting-out, implicatures)
5.
Politeness (positive face, negative face, face-threatening acts,
mitigating devices, politeness strategies)
6.
Identity construction through language
7.
Indexing gender in discourse
8.
Critical discourse analysis
9.
Stylistics
Individual Contributions
Students are to work individuallyor in pairs; each student/pair is
to decide on whether to:
-

3. Explore
different perspectives
in
one text
, or
-
Explore
one perspective
in
multiple texts
.
Report Structure
The project is to be
submitted as a Word document. Follow APA format
in indicating student name, university ID number, and course
number.
The body of the document is to be double-spaced and structured
as follows:
I.
Introduction
a.
State the source of the text (type of data, title of work, and year
– if applicable.)
b.
Provide a characterization of text context (who, what, why,
where, when, and how.)
c.
Indicate your main discourse analysis perspective.
d.

4. Specify the framework followed, citing scientific research.
II.
Text
a.
Transcribe pre-approved text according to discourse analysis
conventions
b.
Number each line to the left of text.
c.
Capitalize the names of each speaker and the beginning of their
utterances.
III.
Analysis
a.
Analyze text holistically, avoiding line-by-line analysis.
b.
Have a clear topic sentence for each paragraph.
c.
Identify discourse phenomena using appropriate technical
terminology.
d.
Support statements with illustrative examples.
e.
Examples are to be single-spaced, followed by line numbers in
parentheses.

5. f.
Each example is to be followed by an elaborate and clear
explanation (in full sentences).
g.
Provide scientifically-based interpretations, using hedges and
avoiding personal opinion.
h.
Analysis is to be accurate, sufficient, and creative.
IV.
Conclusion
a.
Summarize findings, and creatively discuss their significance in
the context of the text.