SCHEDULE

Fall, 2006

DISCURSIVE PRACTICES (Com 475)

TOPIC DATE ASSIGNMENT

1.   SYLLABUS                       9/

                            Discussion of your Research Paper for the course

[Discussion of the final project for the course, what it is, timeline, etc.]

[Collect one minute of naturally occurring conversation
and transcribe it.]

2. PRESENTATION OF YOUR
TRANSCRIBED CONVERSATION

Preface

Ch. 1, Talk & Identity

3. SELECTING A DISCURSIVE PRACTICE ch. 2, Two Perspectives

Proposal (early draft)

GUEST SPEAKER: Anne Edwards, Librarian, on using the online
academic library to find journal articles

4. SELECTING A DISCURSIVE PRACTICE CONT.

ch. 3, Talk’s Building Blocks

Proposed Procedures for Data Collection

Discussion of Readings

Proposal (early draft)

5. RESEARCH PROPOSALS Ch. 4, Speech Acts

DISCUSSION OF RESEARCH ARTICLES RELEVANT TO YOUR TOPIC

[HAND IN A FIRST DRAFT OF A PROPOSAL]

RESEARCH PROPOSALS ch. 5, SOUNDS OF TALK

DISCUSSION OF RESEARCH ARTICLES RELEVANT TO YOUR TOPIC

7. Research Proposals

ch. 6, LANGUAGE SELECTION

ch. 7, INTERACTION STRUCTURES

DISCUSSION OF YOUR RESEARCH

8. DISCUSSION OF YOUR RESEARCH /

                                             Ch. 8, Direct or Indirect Style

                                                                                                                 Ch. 9, Narratives

                                                                                                                 HAND IN A REVIEW & CRITIQUE

9. DISCUSSION OF YOUR RESEARCH Ch. 10, Stance Indicators

Ch. 11, The Conclusion

PRESENTATIONS

THE PAPER READY FOR PRESENTATION (not final written form)

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PAPERS ARE DUE

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[December ____, if needed]

Tracy, K. (2002). Everyday Talk: Building and Reflecting Identities. New York:

Guilford Press.