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| Semester | fall semester 2023 |
| Course frequency | Irregular |
| Lecturers | Miriam Locher (miriam.locher@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | Narratives are all pervasive in human interaction and fulfil both a cognitive and a social need in communication. Telling a story can have many different functions and be realized in many different ways and with different levels of skill. After having established the classic terminology in describing narratives in face-to-face interaction (as developed by Labov for English data), we will also explore small stories and tiny stories and compare this to more elaborated acts of narrating in different contexts. Students will all contribute a recorded and transcribed narrative of their own and will share this data for analysis with others. |
| Learning objectives | At the end of this course students - can explain the interactional co-constructed achievement of a story-telling event - have gained experience in applying theoretical concepts to their own data - can develop new research questions of their own |
| Bibliography | Please purchase or download the following coursebook: Locher, Miriam A., & Jucker, Andreas H. (2021). "The Pragmatics of Fiction. Literature, Stage and Screen Discourse". Edinburgh: Edinburgh. University Press. Additional texts will be made available in the ADAM workspace. |
| Weblink | ADAM |
| Admission requirements | This course is open to BA students on the advanced level who have completed ALL three introductory modules (including the proseminar papers) and to MA students of English and MSG Sprache und Kommunikation. |
| Course application | Please register for this course on services unibas. In order to ensure a good learning environment, we aim at no more than 20 students per linguistics seminar. We ask you to sign up for classes via the ADAM registration surveys, which will open on August 2, 2023, 10am (CEST) and close on September 19, 2023, 2pm (CEST): https://adam.unibas.ch/goto_adam_crs_1623802.html **Please only register for a maximum of TWO seminars and only for more than one if you really intend to take both courses.** Should you have not made it into one of the courses and you are only able to register on the list in a position higher than 20, we guarantee that we will take you in the course with the least student numbers. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | Online, mandatory |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich | Monday | 12.15-14.00 | Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal |
| Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Monday 18.09.2023 | 12.15-14.00 | Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal |
| Monday 25.09.2023 | 12.15-14.00 | Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal |
| Monday 02.10.2023 | 12.15-14.00 | Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal |
| Monday 09.10.2023 | 12.15-14.00 | Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal |
| Monday 16.10.2023 | 12.15-14.00 | Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal |
| Monday 23.10.2023 | 12.15-14.00 | Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal |
| Monday 30.10.2023 | 12.15-14.00 | Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal |
| Monday 06.11.2023 | 12.15-14.00 | Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal |
| Monday 13.11.2023 | 12.15-14.00 | Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal |
| Monday 20.11.2023 | 12.15-14.00 | Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal |
| Monday 27.11.2023 | 12.15-14.00 | Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal |
| Monday 04.12.2023 | 12.15-14.00 | Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal |
| Monday 11.12.2023 | 12.15-14.00 | Nadelberg 6, Grosser Hörsaal |
| Modules |
Modul: Advanced English Linguistics (Bachelor's degree subject: English) Modul: English Linguistics (Master's degree subject: English) Modul: Forschungspraxis und Vertiefung (Master's degree program: Language and Communication) Modul: Sprache als Prozess (Master's degree program: Language and Communication) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| 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 Englische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft |