Linguistics (LALS)
School of Linguistics and Language Studies
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
LALS 2201 [0.5 credit]
Analysis of Oral Language Use
Introduction to the analysis of oral language in use; distinctions between spoken and written language; theoretical and methodological approaches such as speech act theory, ethnography of communication, conversation analysis, and discourse analysis; classroom interaction; interaction in first- and second-language acquisition; analysis of spoken language corpora.
Prerequisite:
LALS 1001 and
LALS 1002, or
LALS 1000, or
FYSM 1206.
Lectures three hours a week.