122220 SE Linguistics Seminar / BA Paper (2023W)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Mo 11.09.2023 00:00 to Mo 25.09.2023 12:00
- Deregistration possible until Tu 31.10.2023 23:59
Details
max. 17 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Wednesday
11.10.
14:15 - 15:45
Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
Wednesday
18.10.
14:15 - 15:45
Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
Wednesday
25.10.
14:15 - 15:45
Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
Wednesday
08.11.
14:15 - 15:45
Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
Wednesday
15.11.
14:15 - 15:45
Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
Wednesday
22.11.
14:15 - 15:45
Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
Wednesday
29.11.
14:15 - 15:45
Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
Wednesday
06.12.
14:15 - 15:45
Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
Wednesday
13.12.
14:15 - 15:45
Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
Wednesday
10.01.
14:15 - 15:45
Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
Wednesday
17.01.
14:15 - 15:45
Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
Wednesday
24.01.
14:15 - 15:45
Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
Wednesday
31.01.
14:15 - 15:45
Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
In many kinds of interactions, it is important to assess the cooperativeness of the people around oneself. In this class, we will explore if and how people use linguistic markers in others’ speech as indicators of their cooperativeness. In particular, we will investigate if people who are linguistically similar or align their language use will be considered as more cooperative and trustworthy. We will also explore other factors that might act as mediators in this relationship. For example, since people tend to cooperate more with people from their own social group, we will investigate how linguistic similarity or linguistic alignment can serve as an indicator of group membership.Besides theoretical investigations, students will engage in an empirical research project, in which they will analyze the speech characteristics of people involved in cooperative/competitive encounters (such as in the British TV game show Golden Balls). In this project, they will compile their own mini-corpus, and extract and analyze relevant linguistic features from that corpus. Depending on the outcome of preliminary analyses, they will analyze their data qualitatively or quantitatively.After a couple of sessions on the theoretical background, students will work on the corpus creation and develop their own hypotheses for their empirical research projects. In the middle of the semester, students will learn how to annotate data in the mini-corpus, how to analyze their data qualitatively/quantitatively, and how to write papers with an empirical focus. The results of the individual research projects will be presented at the end of the semester in oral presentations.Per default, the course will be held on-site, but depending on the COVID-19 situation, individual classes may be held online.Note: During the data analysis process, students are expected to use pre-coded scripts in the programming language R to do basic statistics. No prior programming experience is required but curiosity, an open mindset towards programming and the willingness to engage with online tutorials will prove useful.
Assessment and permitted materials
Class attendance and active participation, readings & small assignments, project proposal, project presentation, BA paper
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Minimum requirements:
-) regular class attendance (max. 2 absences)
-) regular participation in class and completion of regular readings and small assignments
-) submitting a project proposal (on set date)
-) giving an oral presentation (on set date)
-) conducting a small research project and submitting a BA paper (on set date)
-) refraining from plagiarism in all tasksCourse evaluation is based on:
Participation and small assignments (15%)
Project proposal (15%)
Presentation (20%)
BA paper (50%)
Pass grade: 60%Grades:
1: 90-100%
2: 80-89.9%
3: 70-79.9%
4: 60-69.9%
5: < 60%
-) regular class attendance (max. 2 absences)
-) regular participation in class and completion of regular readings and small assignments
-) submitting a project proposal (on set date)
-) giving an oral presentation (on set date)
-) conducting a small research project and submitting a BA paper (on set date)
-) refraining from plagiarism in all tasksCourse evaluation is based on:
Participation and small assignments (15%)
Project proposal (15%)
Presentation (20%)
BA paper (50%)
Pass grade: 60%Grades:
1: 90-100%
2: 80-89.9%
3: 70-79.9%
4: 60-69.9%
5: < 60%
Examination topics
all contents covered in the relevant literature and in class will be used to complete the above described tasks
Reading list
Balliet, D., Wu, J., & de Dreu, C. K. W. 2014. “Ingroup favoritism in cooperation: a meta-analysis.” Psychological Bulletin, 140(6), 1556–1581. https://doi.org/10.1037/a003773Lev-Ari, S., & Peperkamp, S. 2017. “Language for $200: Success in the environment influences grammatical alignment.” Journal of Language Evolution, 2(2), 177–187. https://doi.org/10.1093/jole/lzw012
Matzinger, T., Placinski, M., Gutowski, A., Lewandowski, M., Zywickynski, P., Wacewicz, S. 2023. “Linguistic preference outcompetes alignment as a predictor for assessing others’ cooperativeness.” Preprint: https://psyarxiv.com/pbdxm/
Pickering, M. J., & Garrod, S. 2004. “Toward a mechanistic psychology of dialogue.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 27(2), 169–190. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x04000056Turmunkh, U., van den Assem, M. J., van Dolder, D. 2019. “Malleable lies: Communication and cooperation in a high stakes TV game show.” Management Science, 65(10), 4795–4812. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2018.3159Additional literature will be provided in class.
Matzinger, T., Placinski, M., Gutowski, A., Lewandowski, M., Zywickynski, P., Wacewicz, S. 2023. “Linguistic preference outcompetes alignment as a predictor for assessing others’ cooperativeness.” Preprint: https://psyarxiv.com/pbdxm/
Pickering, M. J., & Garrod, S. 2004. “Toward a mechanistic psychology of dialogue.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 27(2), 169–190. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x04000056Turmunkh, U., van den Assem, M. J., van Dolder, D. 2019. “Malleable lies: Communication and cooperation in a high stakes TV game show.” Management Science, 65(10), 4795–4812. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2018.3159Additional literature will be provided in class.
Association in the course directory
Studium: BA 612
Code/Modul: BA06.2
Lehrinhalt: 12-2222
Code/Modul: BA06.2
Lehrinhalt: 12-2222
Last modified: Sa 30.09.2023 15:47