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Thursday 2:30-5:30pm, Bethune College 228
Regular office hours: Wednesdays and Thursdays 10:30-11:30 (other times by appointment).
Course description:
This course provides an introduction
to discourse analysis and pragmatics. While discourse analysis is a label
applied to a wide variety of work within a wide range of disciplines, we
will focus on linguistically-oriented approaches that investigate the
nature of socially-situated language use. A particular emphasis will be on
the analysis of spoken interaction.
The readings include
fundamental theoretical papers as well as articles that test or critique
these “classic” papers, whether directly or indirectly. These latter papers
cover a wide range of topics and languages, often focusing on
cross-cultural comparisons, contact, and inequality. We will also explore
tools for computer-assisted transcription, annotation, and analysis of
spoken interaction, especially ELAN.
In 2008, the course explored
different annotation programs and we created our own transcription
wiki
Upcoming dates:
January 13: Transcription.
January 20: Speech acts. Presentations by Sean (on Butler) and Christine (on DuBois).
January 27: Cooperative principle. Presentation by Angela (on Sarangi & Slembrouck).
February 3: Ethnography of speaking. Presentations by Julia (on Basso) and Caroline (on Duranti).
February 10: Intercultural communication. Presentations by Joana (on Gumperz) and Sanya (on Bailey).
February 17: Participation framework. Presentation by Sophie (on Goffman's "face-work").
March 4: Turn-taking. Presentation by Sachi (on Sidnell).
March 10: Discourse markers.
March 17: Narratives.
March 24: Genre and intertextuality.
March 31: Critical Discourse Analysis.
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