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L 33C: Discourse Analysis

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Schiffrin, Deborah. 1998 Approaches to Discourse: Language as Social Interaction.
Oxford: Blackwell
[This is an intermediate text, with a great deal of detail. Read the introductory and closing sections of each chapter first, to understand the general principles presented, and then tackle the body of the chapter, which applies these principles to sample data.]
Required Reading
 
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Renkema, J. 1997. Discourse Studies John Benjamins: Amsterdam.
[This is an introductory text, which presents some of the approaches covered in the course in a simple way. It will help you to grasp the principles discussed more easily, though it does not provide the required detail.]
Dubois, J. W. et al. 1993 ‘Outline of discourse transcription.’ In Edwards, J. A. &
M. D. Lampert. Talking Data: Transcription & Coding Methods for Language
Research. Hillsdale, N. J.: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Grimshaw, A. D. (ed). 1990. Conflict Talk: Sociolinguistic Investigation of Arguments
In Conversations. Cambridge U. P.

Shields Brodber, K. 2001 ‘Contrapuntal conversation & the performance floor’
In P. Christie (ed.) Due Respect. The Press, UWI: 208-218
  ----- 1998. ‘Hens can crow too.” In P. Christie et al (ed.) Studies in Caribbean
Language 11 The Press, UWI: 187-203
  1992. ‘Dynamism & assertiveness in the public voice: code-switching & turn-taking
in radio talk shows in Jamaica.’ Pragmatics 2:4 487-504
  1992. ‘Dynamism & assertiveness in the public voice: code-switching & turn-taking
in radio talk shows in Jamaica.’ Pragmatics 2:4 487-504
Youssef, V. 2001. ‘Working out conversational roles through questioning strategies.’
In P. Christie (ed.) Due Respect The Press, UWI: 219-246
Youssef, V. 2001. ‘Working out conversational roles through questioning strategies.’
In P. Christie (ed.) Due Respect The Press, UWI: 219-246
  1993. ‘Marking solidarity across the Trinidad speech community: the use of An
Ting in medical counseling to break down power differentials. Discourse & Society 4:3
Highly Recommended
Abrahams, R. 1983. The Man of Words in the West Indies. Johns Hopkins U.P.:
Baltimore & London
Goodwin, C. & J. Heritage. 1992 Rethinking Context. Cambridge: C. U. P
Tannen, D. 1990 You Just Don’t Understand. Women & Men in Conversation.
N. Y.: William Morrow.

     
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