Universität Wien

122210 VO Communication, Code and Culture (2022S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
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Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 08.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Tuesday 15.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Tuesday 22.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Tuesday 29.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Tuesday 05.04. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Tuesday 26.04. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Tuesday 03.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Tuesday 10.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Tuesday 17.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Tuesday 24.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Tuesday 31.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Tuesday 14.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Tuesday 21.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03
  • Tuesday 28.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal C2 UniCampus Hof 2 2G-K1-03

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

By the end of the course, you should be able to:

• explain for the general audience what types of information we communicate through language beyond the literal meaning

• name the main loci of variation in our linguistic codes

• discuss at the current level of scientific understanding several examples of how language is employed by our culture for different purposes

• read a sophisticated linguistic research article outside of your area of direct competence: you will learn to identify what is important for you as a reader, and where and how to ask for the help of a specialist

The written exam for the class will test the above four skills.

Assessment and permitted materials

written "take-home" final exam that involves essay questions testing the mastery of the course learning goals named in the description

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Participants will be expected to demonstrate critical thinking and a sufficient degree of familarity with the topics discussed in the lecture by passing the final test.
Minimum for pass grade: 60%
1: 90-100%
2: 80-89%
3: 70-79%
4: 60-69%
5: 0-59%

Examination topics

Readings for the course, plus the material discussed in class and the understanding built in the interactive class sessions. As the exam tests skills as well as knowledge, class participation will be crucial for successful completion of the exam. Exam questions may require you to examine or fully read, during the exam's week, further scientific works beyond the reading list for the semester.

Reading list

[Burnett, 2020] Burnett, H. (2020). A persona-based semantics for slurs. Grazer philosophische Studien, 97:31–62.

[D’Arcy and Tagliamonte, 2015] D’Arcy, A. and Tagliamonte, S. A. (2015). Not always variable: probing the vernacular grammar. Language Variation and Change, 27:255–285.

[Eckert, 2019] Eckert, P. (2019). The limits of meanings: social indexicality, variation and the cline of interiority. Language, 95(4):751–776.

[Jacobs et al., 2021] Jacobs, A. M., Matthews, J. S., Hicks, T., and Merkley, E. (2021). Whose news? Class-biased economic reporting in the United States. American Political Science Review, 115(3):1016–1033.

[Jurafsky and Martin, 2020] Jurafsky, D. and Martin, J. H. (2020). Speech and language processing [3rd ed. draft]. Draft of Dec 2020, available at https://web.stanford. edu/~jurafsky/slp3/.

[Korta and Perry, 2020] Korta, K. and Perry, J. (2020). Pragmatics. In Zalta, E. N., editor, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University, Spring 2020 edition. https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2020/ entries/pragmatics/.

[Labov et al., 2006] Labov, W., Ash, S., and Boberg, C. (2006). The Atlas of North American English: Phonetics, Phonology and Sound Change. de Gruyter, Berlin. Pages 119-130.

[Lippi-Green, 2012] Lippi-Green, R. (2012). English with an accent [2nd ed.]. Routledge, Abingdon. Ch. 5, 17.

[Sandler and Lillo-Martin, 2006] Sandler, W. and Lillo-Martin, D. (2006). Sign language and linguistic univer- sals. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Ch. 1

[Sedivy and Carlson, 2011] Sedivy, J. and Carlson, G. (2011). Sold on language. How advertizers talk to you and what this says about you. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester. Ch. 5.

[Tagliamonte, 2012] Tagliamonte, S. A. (2012). Variationist sociolinguistics. Change, observation, interpretation. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester. Ch. 1,2

[Tagliamonte and D’Arcy, 2009] Tagliamonte, S. A. and D’Arcy, A. (2009). Peaks beyond phonology: adoles- cence, incrementation and language change. Language, 85(1):58–108.

[Tirrell, 2012] Tirrell, L. (2012). Genocidal language games. In Maitra, I. and McGowan, M. K., editors, Speech and harm: controversies over free speech, pages 174–221. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Association in the course directory

Studium: MA 812 (2); MA 844; UF MA 046/507
Code/Modul: MA M01; UF MA 1A, 4B
Lehrinhalt: 12-0113

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