Conversation Analysis 3500-JIS-AKon
The class aims at providing students with tools that allow them to analyze oral interaction. On the basis of authentic examples of oral interaction the following topics will be discussed:
1. transcription conventions (turn-taking, pauses and hesitations, rhythm, intonation, voice, gestures, discourse markers);
2. the organization of an utterance, taking the floor;
3. overall structure of conversation: beginning a conversation, the corpus, closing a conversation;
4. the structure of conversation: adjacency pairs; topical cohesion;
5. politeness (the concept of 'face' and 'territory', positive and negative politeness);
6. formulaic speech, rituals;
7. forms of address;
8. emotions in speech (recognition, indicators, management);
9. intercultural approaches: breakdown of communication resulting from misunderstandings and cultural differences.
During the class audio- and video materials will be used.
STUDENT WORKLOAD:
classes - 30 h.
preparation for classes and further reading - 40 h.
preparation for the final test - 5 h.
Total - 75 h. (3 ECTS).
Course coordinators
Bibliography
GOFFMAN E., 2008. Człowiek w teatrze życia codziennego. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Aletheia. Tłum. H. Datner-Śpiewak i P. Śpiewak.
HALL T. E., 1987. Bezgłośny język. Tłum. R. Zimand i A. Skarbińska. Warszawa : PIW.
HALL T. E. 2003. Ukryty wymiar. Tłum. T. Hołówka. Warszawa: MUZA.
KERBRAT-ORECCHIONI C., 1997. “A multilevel approach in the study of talk-in-interaction”. Pragmatics 7 (1): 1-20.
NĘCKI Z., 2000. Komunikacja międzyludzka. Kraków-Kluczbork: Antykwa.
RANCEW-SIKORA D., 2007. Analiza konwersacyjna jako metoda badania rozmów codziennych. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo TRIO.
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