Spring term 2020
Monday, 16:45-18:15, room A 605 Collegium Novum
30 contact hours
3 ECTS
Lecturer: Nicole Nau
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Course description
This class introduces students to the grammar of spoken discourse, the structure of conversations, and principles of oral narratives. The following topics will be covered in the lecture:
- differences between oral and written language use and between spoken and written texts;
- structural characteristics of spontaneous spoken language and how they can be described;
- relations between prosody and syntax;
- goals and methods of conversation analysis;
- the linguistic analysis of oral narratives.
Assessment and grading
Final test = 40%, report on individual task = 50%, activity in class = 10%
Course plan
- Introduction: Why study spoken language structures? Spoken vs. written language
- Units of spoken language and how to describe them
- Registers: framework for their analysis; focus on interpersonal spoken registers; other oral registers
- Discourse and Conversation Analysis
- Oral Narratives
- Revision and conclusions
- Final assessment