122221 SE Linguistics Seminar / BA Paper (2023W)
Conversation, identity and power
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
Monday
09.10.
12:15 - 13:45
Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
Monday
16.10.
12:15 - 13:45
Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
Monday
23.10.
12:15 - 13:45
Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
Monday
30.10.
12:15 - 13:45
Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
Monday
06.11.
12:15 - 13:45
Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
Monday
13.11.
12:15 - 13:45
Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
Monday
20.11.
12:15 - 13:45
Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
Monday
27.11.
12:15 - 13:45
Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
Monday
04.12.
12:15 - 13:45
Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
Monday
11.12.
12:15 - 13:45
Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
Monday
08.01.
12:15 - 13:45
Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
Monday
15.01.
12:15 - 13:45
Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
Monday
22.01.
12:15 - 13:45
Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
Monday
29.01.
12:15 - 13:45
Seminarraum 6 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-22.A
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Identities are not something that people simply ‘have’, but they are discursive in nature as they reflect, as well as construe, the roles we assume when talking to each other in particular situations. For example, the way you address someone you meet for the first time – say, a professor at university – not only shows how you perceive the situation and the conversation – say, as a polite exchange, potentially marked by some hierarchy-induced distance – but it also establishes a certain relationship between you and the other person, which could be challenged and modified as you speak – say, once you have found out they are actually not a professor, but your fellow student. The identities we ascribe and are ascribed in interaction have consequences for our capacity to act, and make others act, in certain ways; therefore, interactionally constructed identity is related to power. In this course, we will explore how power is established and challenged as interactants perform certain identities in (a variety of types of) talk. We will deep-dive into linguistic details that may serve as indices of people representing the world in certain ways, affiliating with and enacting certain identities and attitudes while rejecting others. This means we will familiarize ourselves with key and more advanced frameworks from the fields of Conversation Analysis and (Critical) Discourse Analysis and practice their application to authentic language data. Our data will be face-to-face conversations and digitally mediated written talk, which we will collect, process and analyze to answer questions about identity and power in interaction. The course will thus take you through the entire process of designing and implementing a small-scale independent research project – resulting in your BA paper.
Assessment and permitted materials
Students are assessed on the basis of class participation, homework assignments, as well as on the basis of a project proposal, a presentation and a final BA paper on a research project topic they will select and work on during the semester.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
a. Regular class attendance (max. 2 absences)
b. Homework assignments (literature research, data collection and exploration, short reflections upon the course contents) (max. 15 points)
c. Project proposal (submitted on time) (max. 10 points)
d. Oral presentation (on a set date) (max. 15 points)
e. BA paper (max. 60 points)
f. Attaining pass level of 60/100 pointsFinal grades & points achieved: ‘1’: 90-100; ‘2’: 80-89; ‘3’: 70-79; ‘4’: 60-69; ‘5’: 0-59
b. Homework assignments (literature research, data collection and exploration, short reflections upon the course contents) (max. 15 points)
c. Project proposal (submitted on time) (max. 10 points)
d. Oral presentation (on a set date) (max. 15 points)
e. BA paper (max. 60 points)
f. Attaining pass level of 60/100 pointsFinal grades & points achieved: ‘1’: 90-100; ‘2’: 80-89; ‘3’: 70-79; ‘4’: 60-69; ‘5’: 0-59
Examination topics
See "minimum requirements and assessment criteria"
Reading list
Abrams, Dominic and Michael A. Hogg (2010). Self-identity and self-categorization. In: John F. Dovidio et al. (Eds.). The SAGE Handbook of Prejudice, Stereotyping and Discrimination. 79–193.
Antaki, Charles & Sue Widdicombe, S. (Eds.). (1998). Identities in talk. London: SAGE.
Benwell, Bethan & Elizabeth Stokoe (2006). Discourse and identity. Edinburgh, Scotland: Edinburgh University Press.
Billig, Michael (1999). Whose terms? Whose ordinariness? Rhetoric and ideology in conversation analysis. Discourse & Society 10: 543–558. doi: 10.1177/0957926599010004005
Ekström, Mats & Melisa Stevanovic (2023). Conversation analysis and power: examining the descendants and antecedents of social action. Frontiers in Sociology 8. 1196672. doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2023.1196672
Heritage, John & Stephen Clayman (2010). Talk in Action: Interactions, Identities and Institutions. Malden: Wiley Blackwell. doi: 10.1002/9781444318135
Hutchby, Ian & Robin Wooffitt (1998). Conversation Analysis: Principles, Practices and Applications. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press.
Meredith, Joanne (2019). Conversation Analysis and Online Interaction. Research on Language and Social Interaction 52 (3): 241-256.
Reid, Scott A., & Ng, Sik Hung (2000). Conversation as a resource for influence: Evidence for prototypical arguments and social identification processes. European Journal of Social Psychology 30: 83–100.
Schegloff, Emanuel (2007). Sequence Organization in Interaction: A Primer in Conversation Analysis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511791208
Turner, John C. & Katherine Reynolds (2011). Self-categorization theory. In: Lange, Paul A. M. Van, Arie W. Kruglanski & Tory E. Higgins (Eds.). Handbook of Theories of Social Psychology: Volume Two. Los Angeles [etc.]: SAGE Publications, Limited: 399–417.
Wooffitt, Robin (2011). Conversation Analysis and Discourse Analysis. London: SAGE.
Wodak Ruth & Michael Meyer (2009). Methods for critical discourse analysis. London: SAGE.
Page, Ruth, David Barton, Carmen Lee, Johann W. Unger & Michele Zappavigna (2014). Researching Language and Social Media (2nd ed.). New York: Routledge.
Potter, Jonathan (1996). Representing Reality: Discourse and Social Psychology. London: SAGE.
Antaki, Charles & Sue Widdicombe, S. (Eds.). (1998). Identities in talk. London: SAGE.
Benwell, Bethan & Elizabeth Stokoe (2006). Discourse and identity. Edinburgh, Scotland: Edinburgh University Press.
Billig, Michael (1999). Whose terms? Whose ordinariness? Rhetoric and ideology in conversation analysis. Discourse & Society 10: 543–558. doi: 10.1177/0957926599010004005
Ekström, Mats & Melisa Stevanovic (2023). Conversation analysis and power: examining the descendants and antecedents of social action. Frontiers in Sociology 8. 1196672. doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2023.1196672
Heritage, John & Stephen Clayman (2010). Talk in Action: Interactions, Identities and Institutions. Malden: Wiley Blackwell. doi: 10.1002/9781444318135
Hutchby, Ian & Robin Wooffitt (1998). Conversation Analysis: Principles, Practices and Applications. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press.
Meredith, Joanne (2019). Conversation Analysis and Online Interaction. Research on Language and Social Interaction 52 (3): 241-256.
Reid, Scott A., & Ng, Sik Hung (2000). Conversation as a resource for influence: Evidence for prototypical arguments and social identification processes. European Journal of Social Psychology 30: 83–100.
Schegloff, Emanuel (2007). Sequence Organization in Interaction: A Primer in Conversation Analysis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511791208
Turner, John C. & Katherine Reynolds (2011). Self-categorization theory. In: Lange, Paul A. M. Van, Arie W. Kruglanski & Tory E. Higgins (Eds.). Handbook of Theories of Social Psychology: Volume Two. Los Angeles [etc.]: SAGE Publications, Limited: 399–417.
Wooffitt, Robin (2011). Conversation Analysis and Discourse Analysis. London: SAGE.
Wodak Ruth & Michael Meyer (2009). Methods for critical discourse analysis. London: SAGE.
Page, Ruth, David Barton, Carmen Lee, Johann W. Unger & Michele Zappavigna (2014). Researching Language and Social Media (2nd ed.). New York: Routledge.
Potter, Jonathan (1996). Representing Reality: Discourse and Social Psychology. London: SAGE.
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 07.10.2023 10:27