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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If you would like to print a hard copy of the course policies distributed on the first day of class, click here. Note that the online version below contains more up-to-date information.

Part 1: Creating discourse data
The methods and ethics of data collection
Tue., Sept. 23 and Thurs., Sept. 25

Cameron, "What Is Discourse and Why Analyse It?", "Collecting Data: Practical and Ethical Considerations"

Data transcript: "Crusty King"

Techniques of transcription
Tue., Sept. 30 and Thurs., Oct. 2

Hutchby and Wooffitt, "Data and Transcription Techniques"

Assignment 1 due Thurs., Oct. 2 (new due date)

Sign up to submit your data sample by no later than Thurs., Oct. 2. Email me with the date you want.

Class transcript: "Pregnant"

Part 2: Identifying discourse patterns
Turn-taking
Tue., Oct. 7 and Thurs., Oct. 9

Hutchby and Wooffitt, "Foundations of Conversation Analysis"

Transcript due Thurs., Oct. 9 (new due date)

Discourse markers
Tues., Oct. 14 and Tue., Oct. 21

Schiffrin, "Oh: Marker of Information Management"

Assignment 2 due Tue., Oct. 14

NO CLASS Thursday, October 16

Repetition and variation
Thurs., Oct. 23 and Tue., Oct. 28

Norrick, "Functions of Repetition in Conversation"

Assignment 3 due Thurs., Oct. 23

Part 3: Social structures in talk
Assessments and evaluations
Thurs., Oct. 30 and Tue., Nov. 4

Goodwin & Goodwin, "Assessments and the Construction of Context"

Assignment 4 due Thurs., Oct. 30

Conversational humor
Thurs., Nov. 6 and Thurs., Nov. 13

Hay, "The Pragmatics of Humor Support"

Assignment 5 due Thurs., Nov. 6

Guidelines for final paper distributed

NO CLASS Tue., Nov. 11: Veterans Day

Extra credit opportunity Friday, Nov. 14, 1:30 p.m.

Take-home exam week
Tue., Nov. 18 and. Thurs., Nov. 20

Take-home exam distributed

Identities in interaction
Tue., Nov. 25 and Tue., Dec. 2

Bailey, "Language and Negotiation of Ethnic/Racial Identity among Dominican Americans"

NO CLASS Thursday, Nov. 27: Thanksgiving

Take-home exam due Tue., Nov. 25

Extra credit due Tue., Nov. 25

Final papers due Tuesday, Dec. 9, at 5 p.m. at my office


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