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| Semester | fall semester 2012 |
| Course frequency | Irregular |
| Lecturers | Lorenza Mondada (lorenza.mondada@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | This seminar focuses on the articulation between language and context. It is based on the observation that linguistic practices are situated (that is: indexical, context-dependent). The seminar will explore various ways in which language is adjusted to context and in return context constrains language. Various approaches and methodologies will be discussed. Context itself will be defined in relation with various theoretical approaches. Institutional contexts as well as material environments and the way in which utterances and turns do adjust to them will be treated. A range of empirical phenomena will be studied: how variations of formal vs informal language depend on context, how code-switching varies in context, how turn constructions adjust to dynamic contingencies, to institutionally, to particular recipients, how linguistic production adapts to the temporality of other activities, such as eating, driving, operating on a patient, walking, etc. The seminar will be given in English, German, French. It will involve short fieldwork experiences. |
| Bibliography | Auer, P., & Di Luzio, A. (Eds.). (1992). Contextualizing Language. Amsterdam, Philadelphia: Benjamins. Duranti, A., & Goodwin, C. (Eds.). (1992). Rethinking Context: Language as an Interactive Phenomenon. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Givon, T. (1989). Mind, Code and Context: Essays in Pragmatics. In. Hillsdale: Erlbaum. Mondada, L. (2008). La question du contexte en ethnométhodologie et en analyse conversationnelle. Verbum, XXVIII (2-3), 111-151. |
| Language of instruction | French |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Interphilologische Lehrveranstaltungen für die Slavistik (Master's degree subject: Slavic Studies) Interphilologisches Modul (Bachelor's degree subject: Italianistik) Modul angewandte französische Sprachwissenschaft (Bachelor's degree subject: Französische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft) Modul deskriptiv-synchronische französische Sprachwissenschaft (Bachelor's degree subject: Französische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft) Modul Deutsche Sprachwissenschaft I (Master's degree subject: German Language and Literature) Modul Forschung zur Mehrsprachigkeit II / Bilingualität (Master's degree program: Mehrsprachigkeit) Modul Interphilologie (Master's degree subject: Italian Language and Literature) Modul Soziolinguistik (Master's degree program: Language and Communication) Modul Sprachen in Raum und Zeit (Master's degree subject: French Language and Literature) Modul Sprachen und Gesellschaft (Master's degree subject: French Language and Literature) Modul Sprachen und Individuum (Master's degree subject: French Language and Literature) Modul Vertiefung der Fachwissenschaften (Master's degree program: Mehrsprachigkeit) Modul Vertiefung, Wissen, Praxis (Master's degree subject: Spanish Language and Literature) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Validation: a short fieldwork experience will be the basis for an essay. |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | as often as necessary |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Fachbereich Französische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft |