This course aims at understanding components of everyday interaction such as conversation. Students are encouraged to think critically about how we use language and how social phenomena such as gender, age, ethnic, or status differences of participants affect the way we use language. Discourse data will be mostly taken from the media (e.g., TV, the Internet).
課題・評価
Regular attendance, reading assignments, data collection, mid-term and final papers.
テキスト
Handouts and articles.
参考文献
受講生への要望
Students are expected to actively participate in class discussions.
授業計画
1.Introduction to language in society 2.Introduction to discourse analysis 3.Speech acts 4.Dell Hymes' SPEAKING 5.Workshop: Speech acts and SPEAKING 6.Turn-taking organization, Opening & Closing 7.Discussion on Opening & Closing and gender differences in language 8.Framing in discourse 9.Workshop: Framing 10.Wrap up: Language and society revisited