Advanced Interactional Analysis In Chinese

This course builds on the foundations provided in HC2055 `Foundations in Interactional Analysis in Chinese', with a greater emphasis on research groundwork, by training you to collect authentic Chinese interactional data, and then producing an interdisciplinary research paper that applies the data to engage with issues in disciplinary areas such as Sociology, Psychology, Education and other Humanities subjects. You will receive hands-on training in the collection, transcription and systematic analysis of Chinese interactional data via an interdisciplinary lens. With this training, you will be well-prepared to pursue linguistic research in the field of Interactional Linguistics. Topics covered include multimodality, storytelling, epistemics, Chinese identity construction and emotions in interaction.