Introduction to the Study of Language 1 (201)

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1 Introduction to the Study of Language 1 (201) Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik, SS 2008 Mon 16:15 17:45, Hs. C2 (Campus, Hof 2) Overview Dr. Bryan Jenner and Dr. Ute Smit week date topics 1 10/3 phonetics and phonology 1: ways of describing linguistic sounds 2 31/3 phonetics and phonology 2: related, but separate 3 7/4 phonological systems of English 1: vowels 4 14/4 phonological systems of English 2: consonants 5 21/4 phonological systems of English 3: syllables and stress 6 28/4 phonological systems of English 4: rhythm and intonation 7 5/5 sociolinguistics 1: variation and varieties 8 19/5 sociolinguistics 2: languages in context 9 26/5 sociolinguistics 3: identity and attitudes 10 2/6 pragmatics: more is communicated than is said 11 9/6 discourse analysis: language in interaction 12 16/6 nature of language & sign language 13 23/6 written exam 1. Termin Dates to take the exam: '1. Termin': Mon, 23 June 2008, 16-18, Hs. C2 '2. Termin': early Oct exact date, time, place to be announced '3. Termin': mid-noveber 2008; exact date, time, place to be announced 4. Termin : Wed, 28 Jan 2008, 10-12, Hs. C1 Tutorials accompany the lecture course, focus on transcription Required course books Roach, Peter Phonetics. [Oxford Intrdoductions to Language Study. Series ed. by H.G. Widdowson] Oxford: Oxford University Press. Yule, George The Study of Language. 3 rd edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Recommended reading Garcia Lecumberri, M. Luisa and John A. Maidment English Transcription Course. London: Arnold. Roach, Peter English Phonetics and Phonology. 3 rd edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Widdowson, H.G Linguistics. [Oxford Intrdoductions to Language Study. Series ed. by H.G. Widdowson] Oxford: Oxford University Press.

2 On the web Go to for general information on the lecture course and for materials of weeks This is Just to Say I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which your were probably saving for breakfast Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold. William Carlos Williams (from collected Poems, Vol I: ) William Blake (from: Songs of Innocence and of Experience, 1789/1794)

3 Ute Smit, Introduction to the Study of Language 1 Ex. 1: (Grundy 1995, Doing Pragmatics) a) There's something wrong with the cat. b) We've won the world cup again! Pragmatics c) He put this down here. d) A: So - did you? B: Hey - who wouldn't? Ex. 2: (W. Shakespeare, Hamlet) Ex. 3: The old man thinks he's in love with his daughter. (Appalled) Good God! We're out of our depth here. No, no, no he hasn't got a daughter the old man thinks he's in love with his daughter. The old man is? Hamlet, in love with the old man's daughter, the old man thinks. Ha! It's beginning to make sense! Unrequited passion. A: If you keep looking at me so sternly, I won't come round any more. B: Is this a promise or a threat? C: Don't tease him! I'd definitely be very sad if we didn't see him anymore. Ex. 4: ("Legal Eagles" 1986) Boss: Employee: Boss: Employee: Direct - indirect acts: Ex. 5: Ex. 6: You are fired. No, you can't fire me. I quit. No, you don't. Oh yes, I do. (Thomas 1996, Meaning in Interaction) Shut the door! Could you shut the door? Did you forget the door? Put the wood in the hole. Were you born in a barn? What do big boys do when they come into a room, Billy? (Thomas 1996, Meaning in Interaction) A man and a woman enter an art gallery. The man is carrying a plastic carrier bag. The woman goes to buy the admission tickets, while her husband has gone ahead into the gallery. Official: Woman: Official: (Yule 1998, Pragmatics) Would the gentleman like to leave his bag here? Oh no, thank you. It's not heavy. Only... we have had... we had a theft here yesterday, you see. I'm going to tell him to stop that awful noise right now! Perhaps you could just ask him if he is going to stop soon because it's getting a bit late and people need to get to sleep.

4 Ute Smit, Introduction to the Study of Language 1 Ex. 1: A B Ex. 2: (Cook 1989, Discourse) Discourse Analysis This box contains, on average, 100 Large Plain Paper Clips. 'Applied Linguistics' is therefore not the same as 'Linguistics'. The tea's as hot as it could be. This is Willie Worm. Just send 12 Guinness 'cool token' bottle tops. Playback. Raymond Chandler. Penguin Books in association with Hamish Hamilton. To Jean and Helga, without whom this book could never have been written. One. The voice on the telephone seemed to be sharp and peremptory, but I didn't hear too well what it said partly because I was only half awake and partly because I was holding the receiver upside down. (Cook 1989, Discourse) Timotei is both mild to your hair and to your scalp so mild you can wash your hair as often as you like. Timotei cleans your hair gently, leaving it soft and shiny, with a fresh smell of summer meadows. Ex. 3: Timotei is my favourite shampoo. I am one of Herb Ritts' biggest fans. Herb Ritts has recently died of pneumonia. Pneumonia is one of those words people tend to spell wrongly. Ex. 4: Ex. 5: (Widdowson 1978, Teaching Language as Communication) That's the telephone. I'm in the bath. O.K. (Yule 1998, Pragmatics) Oh, Mary, I m glad you re here. What s up? I can t get my computer to work. Is it broken? I don t think so. What kind is it? It s a Mac. Do you use them? Yeah. Do you have a minute? Sure. Oh, great. Ex. 9: Ex. 10: Ex. 11: A: How many children have you got? B: We have 3 boys. A: Are they still at home? B: No, they have their own flats. Boys will be boys. A: Do you know where Christ Church is? B: Yeah. A: Meet me at the gate at 4 p.m.

5 Ex. 8: (Carter and McCarthy 1997, Exploring Spoken English) At the hairdresser's 3 participants (all female): <S01> hairdresser; <S02> customer (21); <S03> hair washer