Language Social Interaction

AY2020/2021 Semester 2

This course aims to introduce students to Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis (EMCA), an approach to the study of language and social interaction based on systematic, in-depth and contextualized analyses of naturally occurring data. The course, taught through weekly reading classes and data sessions, is intended for senior level students (Year 3 or 4) who have a theoretical interest in human sociality and psychology. Through this course students will learn to appreciate a vision of society where language and interaction play a central and constitutive role, and to master a set of research skills for analysing talk-in-interaction.