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| Semester | spring semester 2024 |
| Course frequency | Irregular |
| Lecturers | Thomas Messerli (thomas.messerli@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | Interlingual English subtitles can on the one hand be regarded as a product of a translation process from spoken dialogue in another language to a particular type of written text. On the other hand, subtitles are also written communication between a collective sender - all those involved in the production of a film or television series - and a target audience. In this seminar, we will take into account the translational aspects as part of the context in which subtitles are created, but we will focus on subtitles as situated language use in a particular context. While we will think about the particularities of subtitles as a genre and as a communicative practice, using subtitled film as an object of linguistic and more specifically pragmatic investigation will also allow us to revisit core pragmatic principles and to explore the meaning-making in and through film as it is examined in the tradition of a pragmatics of fiction. Questions we ask include: What are the particularities of subtitles as examples of English language use? How and what do subtitles communicate and what is their relationship to the multimodal context in which they are embedded? |
| Learning objectives | By the end of the course, students will have revisited core aspects of pragmatics and understood what role they play in the meaning-making of subtitled film. They will have worked with data, learned about different methods of analysis and practiced these methods on relevant examples. |
| Bibliography | All obligatory reading for the course will be made available on ADAM. |
| Weblink | ADAM |
| Admission requirements | This course is open to students of English who have passed all three BA introductory modules 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 3 January, 2024, 10am (CET) and close on 19 February, 2024, 2pm (CET): 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 | Thursday | 12.15-14.00 | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 212 |
| Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday 29.02.2024 | 12.15-14.00 | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 212 |
| Thursday 07.03.2024 | 12.15-14.00 | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 212 |
| Thursday 14.03.2024 | 12.15-14.00 | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 212 |
| Thursday 21.03.2024 | 12.15-14.00 | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 212 |
| Thursday 28.03.2024 | 12.15-14.00 | Ostern |
| Thursday 04.04.2024 | 12.15-14.00 | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 212 |
| Thursday 11.04.2024 | 12.15-14.00 | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 212 |
| Thursday 18.04.2024 | 12.15-14.00 | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 212 |
| Thursday 25.04.2024 | 12.15-14.00 | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 212 |
| Thursday 02.05.2024 | 12.15-14.00 | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 212 |
| Thursday 09.05.2024 | 12.15-14.00 | Auffahrt |
| Thursday 16.05.2024 | 12.15-14.00 | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 212 |
| Thursday 23.05.2024 | 12.15-14.00 | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 212 |
| Thursday 30.05.2024 | 12.15-14.00 | Kollegienhaus, Seminarraum 212 |
| 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 details | regular and active participation; preparatory reading; oral presentation plus handout; short written task (around 1’500 words) |
| 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 |