Dr. Nancy Baym
Course Overview and Goals
This course is
a theory/method course designed to simultaneously:
acquaint
you with major theoretical approaches to language and discourse, including
those theories key concepts, core assumptions, and relationships to one
another over time
provide
practical methodological experience in how to design, carry out, and write up
discourse analytic research projects.
promote
critical thinking regarding the quality of research in language and discourse.
encourage
research leading to conference presentations and publication.
There
is a small supplemental reading packet to accompany the course.
There
are five required books:
A.
Jaworski & N. Coupland (Eds.).(2006).
The Discourse Reader, Second Edition. New York: Routledge.
Silverman,
D. (2006). Interpreting Qualitative Data: Methods for Analyzing Talk, Text
and Interaction. Sage.
B.
Danet & S. Herring. (2007). The Multilingual Internet: Language, culture
and communication online.
Oxford.
Carbaugh,
D. (2005). Cultures in conversation.
New York: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Lindquist,
J. (2002) A place to stand: Politics and persuasion in a working-class bar. Oxford: Oxford University.
Assignments
I would like
you to come out of this class with a really good set of notes on the readings
that can both provide good fodder for class discussion and serve as a resource
for future research and teaching. For each class period you should prepare 1-2
pages of notes on the readings and post them to the course Blackboard by 5 pm
on the Sunday before class. Notes should do things such as:
Select 1-3
passages in each reading that you think merit close reading and further
discussion. Why? Are they confusing? Insightful? Contradictory? Applicable?
Identify
key conceptual terms and define them. How do they relate to other concepts and
theories we have discussed thus far or to your own research?
You might
sometimes use notes to analyse how an example of discourse in your own data
demonstrates phenomena discussed in the readings.
We will compile
everyones notes into a set of shared digital resources. We will discuss the
details of how to do this in class. Everyone is expected to participate in
building this class project.
You should come
out of this class with either a discourse analytic project that is one draft
away from submission to a conference or journal or a pilot study and proposal
for such a project. All of the papers work together to build this project, and
some class time will be spent working on the methodological issues you all
encounter.
Paper
1: Identify a research
topic and research question(s) you will study for your project. Include a
literature review. As part of this paper, you should identify an exemplary
articles that use discourse analytic strategies to address your topic or a very
closely related one and summarize and critique it. Come to class prepared to
walk everyone through that article as well as through your project idea. Due
October 5.
Paper
2: What kinds of data
will you use to answer your research question(s)? How will you collect, sample
and save it? How will you transcribe it? What information is inevitably lost in
the transcription/saving method(s) you use? Due November 2.
Paper
3: How will you analyze
your collected data? Demonstrate your analytic strategy using some examples
from your data. Due November 16.
Jaworski, A.
& Coupland, N. (2006) Introduction. In A. Jaworski & N. Coupland
(Eds.). Discourse Reader, Second Edition. New York: Routledge.
Austin, J. L.
(1962/2006) How To Do Things With Words In A. Jaworski & N. Coupland
(Eds.). Discourse Reader, Second Edition. New York: Routledge.
Grice, P.
(1975/2006) Logic and Conversation. In A. Jaworski & N. Coupland (Eds.). Discourse
Reader, Second Edition.
New York: Routledge.
Goodwin, C.,
& Duranti, A. (1992). Rethinking context: an introduction. In A. Duranti,
& C. Goodwin (Eds.), Rethinking context: language as an interactive
phenomenon, (pp. 1-42).
Cambridge: Cambridge University.
Ortner, S. B.
(1984). Theory in anthropology since the sixties. Comparative studies in
society and history. 26 (1),
126-166.
A. Jaworski
& N. Coupland (2006). Editors Introduction. In A. Jaworski & N.
Coupland (Eds.). Discourse Reader, Second Edition. New York: Routledge.
Silverman
Chapter 2 Methods, 8 Credible Qualitative Research, 11 The Relevance of
Qualitative Research, & 12 The Potential of Qualitative Research
Cameron, D.,
Frazer, E., Harvey, P., Rampton B. & Richardson, K. (1992/2006)
Power/Knowledge: The politics of social science. In A. Jaworski & N.
Coupland (Eds.). The Discourse Reader, Second Edition. New York: Routledge.
Silverman
Chapters 5 Texts, 6 Naturally Occurring Talk & 7 Visual Images
Danet, B. &
Herring, S. (2007). Introduction: Welcome to the multilingual internet. In B.
Danet & S. Herring. The Multilingual Internet: Language, culture and
communication online.
Oxford.
Van Leuwen, T.
(1999/2006) Sound in Perspective. In A. Jaworski & N. Coupland (Eds.). Discourse
Reader, Second Edition.
New York: Routledge.
Graddol, D.
(2006) The semiotic construction of a wine label. In A. Jaworski & N.
Coupland (Eds.). Discourse Reader, Second Edition. New York: Routledge.
Lee, C. K. M.
(2007). Linguistic features of Email and ICQ instant messaging in Hong Kong. In
B. Danet & S. Herring. The Multilingual Internet: Language, culture and
communication online.
Oxford.
Atkinson, J. M.
& Heritage, J. (2006). Jeffersons transcription notation. In A. Jaworski
& N. Coupland (Eds.). The Discourse Reader, Second Edition. New York: Routledge. / JC 10)
Ochs,
E.(1979/2006) Transcription as theory. In A. Jaworski & N. Coupland (Eds.).
The Discourse Reader, Second Edition. New York: Routledge.
Pomerantz, A.
(1985/2006) Preference in conversation: Agreeing and disagreeing with
assessments. In A. Jaworski & N. Coupland (Eds.). The Discourse Reader,
Second Edition. New
York: Routledge.
Schegloff, E.
& Sacks, H. (1973/2006) Opening up closings. In A. Jaworski & N.
Coupland (Eds.). The Discourse Reader, Second Edition. New York: Routledge.
Schiffrin, D.
(1988/2006) Oh as a
marker of information management. In A. Jaworski & N. Coupland (Eds.). The Discourse
Reader, Second Edition.
New York: Routledge.
Panyametheekul,
S. & Herring, S. (2007). Gender and turn allocation in a Thai chat room. In
B. Danet & S. Herring. The Multilingual Internet: Language, culture and
communication online.
Oxford.
PAPER 1 DUE
Goffman, E.
(1981). Footing. In E. Goffman, Forms of talk, (pp. 124-159). Philadelphia: University
of Pennsylvania.
Tannen, D.
& Wallat, (1987/2006). Interactive frames and knowledge schemas in
interaction: Examples from a medical examination/interview. In A. Jaworski
& N. Coupland (Eds.). The
Discourse Reader, Second Edition.
New York: Routledge.
Coupland, N.
& Ylnne, V. (2006) Relational frames in weather talk. In A. Jaworski &
N. Coupland (Eds.). The
Discourse Reader, Second Edition.
New York: Routledge.
Hanks, W. F.
(1996). Beyond the speaker and the text. Chapter 9 in Language and
communicative practices.
Boulder, Co: Westview.
Bauman, R.,
& Briggs, C. L. (1990). Poetics and performance as critical perspectives on
language and social life. Annual review of anthropology , 19, 59-88.
Bakhtin, M.
(1986/2006) The problem of speech genres. In A. Jaworski & N. Coupland
(Eds.). The Discourse Reader, Second Edition. New York: Routledge.
Su, H-Y (2007).
The multilingual and multiorthographic Taiwan-based internet: Creative uses of
writing systems on college-affiliated BBSs. In B. Danet & S. Herring.
The Multilingual Internet: Language, culture and communication online. Oxford.
Anis, J. (2007)
Neography: Unconventional spelling in French SMS text messages In B. Danet
& S. Herring. The Multilingual Internet: Language, culture and
communication online.
Oxford.
Langellier, K.
(1989). Personal narratives: Perspectives on theory and research. Text and
Performance Quarterly, 9,
243-276.
Labov, W.
(1972/2006) The transformation of experience in narrative. In A. Jaworski &
N. Coupland (Eds.). The
Discourse Reader, Second Edition.
New York: Routledge.
Young, K.
(1998/2006) Narrative embodiments: enclaves of the self in the realm of
medicine. In A. Jaworski & N. Coupland (Eds.). The Discourse Reader, Second Edition. New York: Routledge.
Gumperz, J. J.
(1977/2006) Sociocultural knowledge in conversational inference. In A. Jaworski
& N. Coupland (Eds.). The
Discourse Reader, Second Edition.
New York: Routledge.
Malinowski, B.
(1946/2006) On phatic communion. In A. Jaworski & N. Coupland (Eds.). The Discourse Reader, Second Edition. New York: Routledge.
Goffman, E.
(1967/2006) On face-work An analysis of ritual elements in social interaction.
In A. Jaworski & N. Coupland (Eds.). The Discourse Reader, Second Edition. New York: Routledge.
Brown, P. &
Levinson, S. C. (1987/2006) Politeness: Some universals in language usage. In
A. Jaworski & N. Coupland (Eds.). The Discourse Reader, Second Edition. New York: Routledge.
Nishimura, Y.
(2007). Linguistic innovations and interactional features in Japanese BBS
communication. In B. Danet & S. Herring. The Multilingual Internet:
Language, culture and communication online. Oxford.
Holmes, J.
(1995/2006). Women, men and politeness: Agreeable and disagreeable responses.
In A. Jaworski & N. Coupland (Eds.). The Discourse Reader, Second Edition. New York: Routledge.
De Oliveira, S.
M. (2007). Breaking conversational norms on a Portuguese users network: Men as
adjudicators of politeness? In B. Danet & S. Herring. The Multilingual
Internet: Language, culture and communication online. Oxford.
PAPER 2 DUE
Sacks,
H.(1992/2006) The baby cried, the mommy picked it up In A. Jaworski & N.
Coupland (Eds.). The Discourse
Reader, Second Edition.
New York: Routledge.
Hall, S.
(1981/2006) The whites of their eyes, In A. Jaworski & N. Coupland (Eds.). The Discourse Reader, Second Edition. New York: Routledge.
Cameron, D.
(1997/2006) Performing gender identity: Young mens talk and the construction
of heterosexual masculinity. In A. Jaworski & N. Coupland (Eds.). The Discourse Reader, Second Edition. New York: Routledge.
Cameron, D.
(2000/2006/) Styling the worker: Gender and the commodification of language in
the globalized service economy. In A. Jaworski & N. Coupland (Eds.). The Discourse Reader, Second Edition. New York: Routledge.
Tannen, D.
(1981/2006) New York Jewish conversational style. In A. Jaworski & N.
Coupland (Eds.). The Discourse
Reader, Second Edition.
New York: Routledge.
Palfreyman, D.
& Al Khalil, M. (2007). A Funky language for teenzz to use Representing
Gulf Arabic in instant messaging.
In B. Danet & S. Herring. The Multilingual Internet: Language, culture
and communication online.
Oxford.
Tseliga, T.
(2007) Its All Greeklish To Me! Linguistic and sociocultural perspectives on
Roman-Alphabeted Greek in asynchronous computer-mediated communication. In B.
Danet & S. Herring. The Multilingual Internet: Language, culture and
communication online.
Oxford.
Koutsogiania,
D. & Mitsikopoulou, B. (2007). Greeklish and Greekness: Trends and
discourses of glocalness. In B. Danet & S. Herring. The Multilingual
Internet: Language, culture and communication online. Oxford.
Warschauer, M.,
El Said, G. R., & Zohry, A. (2007). Language choice online: Globalization
and identity in Egypt.n B. Danet & S. Herring. The Multilingual
Internet: Language, culture and communication online. Oxford.
Durham, M.
(2007). Language choice on a Swiss mailing list. In B. Danet & S. Herring.
The Multilingual Internet: Language, culture and communication online. Oxford.
Androutsopoulis,
J. (2007). Language choice and code switching in German-based diasporic web
forums. In B. Danet & S. Herring. The Multilingual Internet: Language,
culture and communication online.
Oxford.
Axelsson, A-S.,
Abeline, ., & Schroeder, R. (2007). Anyone speak Swedish? Tolerance for
language shifting in graphical multiuser virtual environments. In B. Danet
& S. Herring. The Multilingual Internet: Language, culture and
communication online.
Oxford.
PAPER 3 DUE
Carbaugh, D.
(2005). Cultures in conversation.
New York: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Philipsen, G.
(1990). Speaking "Like a Man" in Teamsterville: Culture patterns of
role enactment in an urban neighborhood. Reflections on Speaking "Like a
Man" in Teamsterville. In D.
Carbaugh (Ed.), Cultural communication and intercultural contact, Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum (pp. 11-26).
Lindquist, J.
(2002) A place to stand: Politics and persuasion in a working-class bar. Oxford: Oxford University.
Fairclough, N.
(1999/2006). Global capitalism and critical awarenss of language. In A.
Jaworski & N. Coupland (Eds.). The Discourse Reader, Second Edition. New York: Routledge.
Bourdieu, P.
(2001/2006) Language and symbolic power.
In A. Jaworski & N. Coupland (Eds.). The Discourse Reader, Second Edition. New York: Routledge.
Foucault, M.
(1976/2006) The incitement to discourse. In A. Jaworski & N. Coupland
(Eds.). The Discourse
Reader, Second Edition.
New York: Routledge.
Butler, J.
(1997/2006) Burning acts, injurious speech. In A. Jaworski & N. Coupland
(Eds.). The Discourse Reader, Second Edition. New York: Routledge.
Van Dijk, T.
(1992/2006) Discourse and the denial of racism. In A. Jaworski & N.
Coupland (Eds.). The Discourse
Reader, Second Edition.
New York: Routledge.
Hutchby, I.
(1996/2006) Power in discourse: The case of arguments on a British talk radio
show. In A. Jaworski & N. Coupland (Eds.). The Discourse Reader, Second Edition. New York: Routledge.
Mehan, H.
(1990/2006) Oracular reasoning in a psychiatric exam: the resolution of
conflict in language. In A. Jaworski & N. Coupland (Eds.). The Discourse Reader, Second Edition. New York: Routledge.
Wodak, R. &
Wright, W. (2007). The European Union in cyberspace: Democratic participation
via online multilingual discussion boards. In B. Danet & S. Herring. The
Multilingual Internet: Language, culture and communication online. Oxford.
Paolillo, J. C.
(2007) How much multilngualism? Linguistic diversity on the internet. In B.
Danet & S. Herring. The Multilingual Internet: Language, culture and
communication online.
Oxford.