Linguistics 405, Rice University, Fall 2009

Course Schedule

* Readings with a dashed-line in the 'presenter' column require a student discussant. Each student is required to present one of these articles. If you haven't already, please contact me by the beginning of the second week of class to let me know which of these articles you would be interested in presenting. (The dashed-lines will be replaced by the names of the presenters once the articles are taken.)

* Articles not found in the textbook are available online through the Ares course reserve system at Fondren Library. In order to access them, you will need your NetID and password, and you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view or print them. Readings followed by (t) are found in the textbooks and are not available online.

* 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.

Schedule of topics, assignments, readings, and presenters
Date	Topic	Reading	Presenter
WEEK 1: PRELIMINARIES
8/24	Introduction & Course Overview	None
8/26	What is Discourse?	(skim) Van Dijk, Introductions to both Vol.s
8/28	Recording Spoken Discourse	None
WEEK 2: Transcribing Spoken Discourse
8/31	Discourse Transcription #1	(Skim) Du Bois et al. 1993
9/2	Discourse Transcription #2	(Skim) Du Bois et al. 1993
9/4	Genre & Register	Eggins & Martin (t)
WEEK 3: MACRO-STRUCTURE
9/7	No Class (Labor Day)
9/9	CA (Conversation Analysis)	None
9/11	CA #2	Pomerantz & Fehr (t)
WEEK 4: MACRO-STRUCTURE (CONT.)
9/14	CA #3	Good & Beach 2005	Kasey
9/16	CA Data Session	None
9/18	Discourse & Cognitive Linguistics	Lee 1997	Dan
WEEK 5: MACRO-STRUCTURE (CONT.)
9/21	Narrative	Ochs (t)	Sarah
9/23	Narrative #2	Labov 1972	Dr. E
9/25	Narrative Data Session (Recordings are Due!)	None
WEEK 6: MACRO-STRUCTURE (CONT.)
9/28	Jokes	Sacks 1978	Spencer
9/30	RST (Rhetorical Structure Theory)	Mann & Thompson 1987	David
10/2	Institutional Dialogue	Drew & Sorjonen (t)	Cole
WEEK 7: SOCIAL ACTIONS & DISCOURSE FEATURES
10/5	CDA (Critical Discourse Analysis)	Fairclough & Wodak (t)
10/7	Refusals	Kitzinger & Frith 1999	Amy
10/9	Offers	Curl 2006	Cyrus
WEEK 8: SOCIAL ACTIONS & DISCOURSE FEATURES (CONT.)
10/12	No Class (Midterm Recess)
10/14	Disclaimers	Overstreet & Yule 2001	Ann
10/16	Interview Questions	Heritage 2002	Dr. E
WEEK 9: SOCIAL ACTIONS & DISCOURSE FEATURES (CONT.)
10/19	Mediated Action	Tannen 2004	Dr. E
10/21	Intertextuality Data Session	None
10/23	Transposition and Replication	Shoaps 1999	Dr. E
WEEK 10: SOCIAL ACTIONS & DISCOURSE FEATURES (CONT.)
10/26	‘Like’	Romaine & Lange 1991	Dr. E
10/28	Discourse Markers (Transcripts are due!)	None
10/30	‘Anyway’	Lenk 1998	Mary
WEEK 11: Midterm Project Presentations
11/2	Midterm Project Presentations #1	None
11/4	Midterm Project Presentations #2	None
11/6	Discourse and Grammar Overview	Cumming & Ono (t)
WEEK 12: DISCOURSE & GRAMMAR
11/9	‘That’	Thompson & Mulac 1991	Dr. E
11/11	Verb Argument-Structure	Tao 2001	Akua
11/13	Adjectives	None
WEEK 13: DISCOURSE & GRAMMAR (CONT.)
11/16	Adjectives #2	None
11/18	Anaphora	None
11/20	Information Flow	Chafe 1987	Alyssa
WEEK 14: DISCOURSE & GRAMMAR (CONT.)
11/23	Information Flow Data Session	None
11/25	TBA	None
11/27	No Class (Thanksgiving Break)
WEEK 15: DISCOURSE & GRAMMAR (CONT.)
11/30	Ergativity	Du Bois 1987	Dr. E
12/2	Deixis	None
12/4	Summary/Wrap-Up	None
FINALS WEEK
TBA (Registrar-Scheduled Exam Time)	In-Class Final Presentations
12/16	Term Paper Due by 5pm

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