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* Readings followed by (t) are found in the textbooks and are not available online. All other articles are available in PDF on Fondren Library’s course reserves site Ares.
* Please remember to download and print the reading questions for each article from the OwlSpace Site. You do not need to turn them in, but they will be helpful in focusing your attention while reading, and in understanding the important points of each article.
* Each reading marked with an asterisk requires a short précis and three discussion points submitted on Owlspace by noon of the day the reading is assigned.
| Date | Topic | Reading | Presenter |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEEK 1 | |||
| 8/22 | Introduction & Course Overview | None | |
| 8/24 | What is Discourse? | (skim) Van Dijk, Introductions to both Vol.s | |
| 8/26 | Recording Spoken Discourse | None | |
| WEEK 2 | |||
| 8/29 | Discourse Transcription #1 | (Skim) Du Bois et al. 1993 | |
| 8/31 | Discourse Transcription #2 | (Skim) Du Bois et al. 1993 | |
| 9/2 | Discourse Transcription #3 | (Skim) Du Bois et al. 1993 | |
| WEEK 3 | |||
| 9/5 | No Class (Labor Day) | ||
| 9/7 | Genre & Register | Eggins & Martin (t) | |
| 9/9 | CA (Conversation Analysis) | None | |
| WEEK 4 | |||
| 9/12 | CA #2 | Pomerantz & Fehr (t) | |
| 9/14 | CA #3 | *Good & Beach 2005 | Sarah |
| 9/16 | CA Data Session | None | |
| WEEK 5 | |||
| 9/19 | Narrative | Ochs (t) | |
| 9/21 | Narrative #2 | None | |
| 9/23 | Narrative Data Session (Recordings are Due) | None | |
| WEEK 6 | |||
| 9/26 | Jokes | *Sacks 1978 | |
| 9/28 | Institutional Dialogue | Drew & Sorjonen (t) | |
| 9/30 | Crank Phone Calls | *Seilhamer 2011 | |
| WEEK 7 | |||
| 10/3 | CDA (Critical Discourse Analysis) | Fairclough & Wodak (t) | |
| 10/5 | Discourse & Cognitive Linguistics | *Lee 1997 | Hussain |
| 10/7 | Discourse Markers | None | |
| WEEK 8 | |||
| 10/10 | No Class (Midterm Recess) | ||
| 10/12 | ‘Anyway’ | *Lenk 1998 | Christina |
| 10/14 | Nevertheless/Still/Yet | *Bell 2010 | Allison |
| WEEK 9 | |||
| 10/17 | Mediated Action | *Tannen 2004 | Hannah |
| 10/19 | Intertextuality Data Session | None | |
| 10/21 | Transposition and Replication (Transcripts are Due) | *Shoaps 1999 | |
| WEEK 10 | |||
| 10/24 | Midterm Presentations #1 | None | |
| 10/26 | Midterm Presentations #2 | None | |
| 10/28 | Midterm Presentations #3 | None | |
| WEEK 11 | |||
| 10/31 | ‘Like’ | *Romaine & Lange 1991 | Torrey |
| 11/2 | Disclaimers | *Overstreet & Yule 2001 | Liz |
| 11/4 | Offers | *Curl 2006 | |
| WEEK 12 | |||
| 11/7 | Refusals | *Kitzinger & Frith 1999 | |
| 11/9 | Interview Questions | *Heritage 2002 | |
| 11/11 | Discourse and Grammar Overview | Cumming & Ono (t) | |
| WEEK 13 | |||
| 11/14 | ‘That’ | *Thompson & Mulac 1991 | Evgeniya |
| 11/16 | Verb Argument-Structure | *Tao 2001 | Philipp |
| 11/18 | Adjectives #1 | None | |
| WEEK 14 | |||
| 11/21 | Adjectives #2 | None | |
| 11/23 | Deixis | None | |
| 11/25 | No Class (Thanksgiving Break) | ||
| WEEK 15 | |||
| 11/28 | Anaphora | None | |
| 11/30 | Preferred Argument Structure | *Du Bois 1987 | Ben |
| 12/2 | Summary/Wrap-Up | None | |
| FINALS WEEK | |||
| 12/14 | Term Paper Due by 5pm |