Pragmatics: English dialogue

Dafydd Gibbon

SS 1998, Version: May 24, 1998

 
• Organisation
  • Timetable
  • Participation and qualifications
  • Overview of course
• 23.04.1998, 1: Pragmatics: background -- Lecture (DG)
  • Pragmatics, semantics, syntax
  • Sign theories
  • Multidimensional language sign model
  • Explanations in the multidimensional model
  • Functions of language
• 30.04.1998, 2: Dialogue: scenario design -- Lecture (DG)
  • Speech and text corpora
  • Speech corpora are task-oriented
  • Pre-recording stage
  • Recording stage
  • Post-recording stage
  • Scenario development
  • Reference materials
• 07.05.1998, 3: Dialogue: recording session -- Practical (all)
  • The blocks worlds scenario
  • The recording setup
  • Data type dimensions
  • Reference material
• 14.05.1998, 4: Dialogue: levels of transcription -- Practical (all)
  • Basic data description procedures
  • Types of transcription
  • Database storage of results
  • Reference materials
  • Sample recordings - TO BE DISCUSSED ON 28 MAY 1998
• 28.05.1998, 5: Prosody: stress, accent, focus -- Lecture (DG)
  • SAMPROSA (SAM PROSodic Alphabet)
  • ToBI (Tones and Break Indices)
• 04.06.1998, 6: Prosodic analysis -- Practical (all)
• INFORMATION ON PREPARATION OF REPORTS
• 18.06.1998, 7: Speech act analysis -- 10 minute reports
• 25.06.1998, 8: Exchange analysis -- 10 minute reports
• 02.07.1998, 9: Conversation analysis -- 10 minute reports
• References