Language in Social Interaction
Linguistics 170

Fall 2003
TTh 12:30-1:45 p.m.
1174 HSSB

Professor Mary Bucholtz
Office: 3509 South Hall
Phone: (805) 893-5415
E-mail: bucholtz@linguistics.ucsb.edu

Office Hours (Fall 2003): W 1-3 p.m., or by appointment

 Grader: Jennifer Garland
Office: 4431V South Hall
(Graduate Tower)
E-mail: jng@umail.ucsb.edu

Office Hours (Fall 2003): Th 2-3 p.m.
Ongoing (access restricted to current class members)

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Tuesday, Sept. 23

The course cap has been raised; students trying to add the course can now enroll.

For Assignment 1, you will need to go to the Multipurpose Lab in 2160 Kerr Hall to digitize and edit your data and burn your CD. Click here for open lab hours this week and next.

Thursday, Sept. 25

Extension: Assignment 1 is now due Thursday, Oct. 2 at the beginning of class.

One digitizing and editing station will be set up in the Multipurpose Lab (2160 Kerr Hall) by later today. I'll email the class listserve when it's ready. Two other stations will be set up by early next week. It's recommended that you work on the digitizing and editing with a partner to save time and help each other. For shorter wait times, go early in the day (the lab opens at 8 a.m. on weekdays, 9 on Saturday, 12 on Sunday). Have your tape cued up and don't forget to bring blank CDs!

If you record a language other than English, you need to submit only 3 minutes of data (not 5).

Your computer lab access sticker can be picked up at the Kerr Hall Lab (2160 Kerr Hall). No need to go to Phelps.

The program we were originally going to use to edit the sound file, SoundEdit 16, is not working properly. The program you'll be using instead is Peak LE. Instructions in how to use the program will be available in the lab (2160 Kerr Hall). In addition, consultants will be available to help you through the process. It will take you under ten minutes.

Three additional cassette recorders are now available in the Linguistics Dept. office for 24-hour checkout. The office is open roughly from 8 to 4 pm daily and closed 12-1.

Reminders:

  • You must select a continuous segment of about FIVE MINUTES. Don't go more than about 30 seconds over or under. If at least half of your conversation is in another language, your segment should be about three minutes long.
  • Your segment MUST BE CONTINUOUS. Do not piece together multiple segments.
  • Your segment MUST NOT BE EDITED (except to cut out extra material at the beginning or end of the clip to keep it to five minutes). Do not bleep over or cut out pauses, names, or any other material. Do not alter the audio quality in any way, except to make the volume higher, if necessary.
  • Don't forget to make a copy of the CD for me and a copy for yourself. Don't email your five-minute segment to me! For the "data sample" assignment that you will be completing later, you will use the data on the CD to create a very small audio excerpt that you will email to me.
  • Please go to the lab as soon as possible--if there's a rush near the assignment deadline the consultant may not be able to help you.
  • Don't forget to cue up your tape BEFORE you get to the lab!
Let me know if you run into any difficulties.

Tuesday, Sept. 30

  • Recording tip: Turn external mic on (or unplug it). Test first!
  • Go to the Multipurpose Lab (2160 Kerr Hall) ASAP to digitize and edit your tape and burn your CD.
  • Don't forget: email me by Thursday before noon with the date you want to submit your data sample.
  • Assignment 1 is due at the beginning of Thursday's class.
  • Please stop by during office hours (W 1-3, 3509 South Hall) if you have any questions or problems, or just to say hi.

Thursday, Oct. 2

  • Late materials can be handed in at the dept. office (3607 SH)
  • If you haven't signed up for a date to submit your data sample, do so by 5 p.m. today (email me). Group members are especially needed for groups 1 and 2
  • Deadline extension for group 1 only: now due Wed., Oct. 8, at midnight
  • Any extra handouts remaining after class can be picked up outside my office (3509 South Hall) as well as downloaded from the class website
  • Make sure you can play your digitized data on your computer! If you can't, you'll need to convert it to a readable format ASAP.
  • Start your transcription now! You'll need a full week to do it.
  • Linguistics-related talk: George Lakoff, "Reframing the American Future," Wed., Oct. 8, 5 p.m., HSSB 6020

Tuesday, Oct. 7

  • Grades on Assignment 1 will be emailed to you. If you didn't get all your materials in, turn them in at the Linguistics Department office (3607 SH) ASAP!
  • If you didn't sign up yet to turn in a data sample, you'll be randomly assigned to a group
  • The list of data sample groups will be emailed to the class listserve soon
  • Reminder: the transcript is due on Thursday. Don't forget to include a list of the transcription conventions you used
  • Reminder: George Lakoff's talk on language and politics is tomorrow, HSSB 6020, 5 p.m.
  • Don't forget to vote today!

Thursday, Oct. 9

  • Hand in your transcript (Late papers can be turned in to the Linguistics Department office, 3607 SH)
  • Note-taker needed for this course. To apply, go to the Disabled Students Office (SAASB) and complete an application. This is a paid position.
  • Reminder: Group 2 must turn in their data samples by Sunday, Oct. 12, at midnight. Group 2 will focus on the Schiffrin reading on discourse markers (oh, but, so, like, you know, well, etc.). Group 2 is:
    • Frances Burns
    • Katie Everhart
    • Julia Hack-Davie
    • Lauren Lang
    • Autumn Marsilio
    • Rebecca McKinney
    • Clark Pilcher
    • Becky Quiles
    • Rosalva Vargas
    • German Velasco

Tuesday, Oct. 14

  • As promised, here's Assignment 3
  • Turn in Assignment 2
  • Reminder: No class Thursday--work on Assignment 2
  • Also, no office hours Wednesday
  • I may not have reliable email access; I'll reply to messages when I return
  • Data sample reminder: Use Peak, not SoundEdit 16. You may hand in your data on CD if it's easier, but please don't hand in hard copies of the transcribed lines. Group 3 due Sun., Oct. 19, at midnight. Topic: repetition (Norrick reading)
    • Tracy Banks
    • Kristen Dorset
    • Damara Berman
    • Rudy Flores
    • Eric Binder
    • Katja McFadden
    • Citlalic Briseno
    • Steven Menefee
    • Camille Carlson
    • Marty Salokas
    • Caris Cassady
    • Annaka Wynhamer

Tuesday, Oct. 21

  • Office hours this week only: 12-2 (not 1-3)
  • Pick up your graded transcript at the Linguistics Department office (3607 South Hall), between 8 and 4 (closed 12-1).
  • Reminder: Assignment 3 due Thursday at the beginning of class. Pick it up outside my office (3509 South Hall) or download it from the website.

Thursday, Oct. 23

  • Pick up Assignment 4
  • Hand in Assignment 3
  • Goodwin and Goodwin reading for next week: focus particularly on pp. 154-172 (i.e.,sections 2-6)
    Group 4: data sample due Sun., Oct. 26 by midnight
    Topic: Assessments (Goodwin and Goodwin)
    • Evan Binkley
    • Danielle Brett
    • Charlie Cohn
    • Gina Finnegan
    • Collin Hill
    • Sarah Mekjian
    • Jamie Malos
    • Gia Rupp
    • Jamie Spielvogel
    • Haley Wrinkle
    • Cynthia Yee

Tuesday, Oct. 28

  • Fill out a midquarter course evaluation in class today
  • Reminder: Goodwin and Goodwin reading for next week: focus particularly on pp. 154-172 (i.e., sections 2-6)
  • Data samples
    • Please save files as AIFF only! WAV files cause problems.
    • Please remember to send an electronic handout as an attachment in Microsoft Word.

Thursday, Oct. 30

  • turn in Assignment 4
  • pick up Assignment 5
  • Group 5 data sample due Sunday, Nov. 2, by midnight
    Topic: humor (Hay reading)
    Group 5 members
    • Jennifer Chokemesil
    • Amanda Derby
    • Dash DeRouen-Hawkins
    • Tim Erskine
    • Lorie Estrada
    • Arielle Gereboff
    • Micah Golden-Grant
    • Simone Guttman
    • Tanesa Hernandez
    • Kimiko Kuroda
    • Juan Manrique
    • Krista Mingay
    • Nicole Saenz
    • Charlie Stanton
  • responses to midquarter course evaluations

Tuesday, November 4

Heads-up for reading for Group 6

  • focus on linguistic evidence of identity positioning
    • age, region, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexuality, etc.
  • also look for interactional alignment or disalignment with other participants in the interaction
    • foregrounding similarity versus foregrounding difference

Thursday, November 6

  • Hand in Assignment 5
  • Pick up final project guidelines
  • Group 6 data sample due Sunday, Nov. 23, by midnight
    Reminder: Look for evidence of social identities and/or interactional alignments in your data
  • Paperwork and bureaucratic issues: Dara Feldman, Jonathan Tu, German Velasco: please come talk to me

Thursday, November 13

  • Pick up extra credit assignment: FRIDAY 1:30 6020 HSSB
  • Reminder: Pick up take-home exam next Tuesday--unclaimed assignments will also be returned then
      Ground rules for the exam: You may use any available source of information (classmates, notes, readings, TA, professor), but all writing on the exam must be your work alone!
    • The exam is due at the beginning of class Tuesday, Nov. 25: Any exam handed in after the collection time will be marked down
    • No email attachments will be accepted--hard copies only.
  • Group 6 data sample due Sunday, Nov. 23, by midnight:
    • Evan Binkley
    • Melissa Erickson
    • Treanna Garza
    • Isaac Jacobs-Gomes
    • Ian King
    • Christopher Lesco
    • Jeremy Loud
    • Ryan Purdy
    • Seth Rheingruber
    • Jonathan Tu
    • Chaz Whatley
    • Ashley Wise
    • Michelle Wisniewski



Tuesday, November 18

Pick up the take-home exam in class on Tuesday, Nov. 18. The exam will NOT be available on the website--if you miss class, contact the course TA, Jennifer Garland (jng@umail.ucsb.edu), right away to arrange to get a copy.

AUDIO DATA: Click here to download the 1-minute-long audio clip for parts C and D of the exam. The clip is in .WAV format and can be played using any ordinary computer audio player program such as RealAudio, QuickTime, or iTunes. If you have trouble accessing the clip, you may check out a CD of the clip from the circulation desk in the library for up to 2 hours.

Jennifer Garland will have office hours on Wednesday, 1-2 this week only. If you have questions or problems, you may email her. You can also email me and I'll respond on Monday.


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