Lingua Inglese 2A. (Course Introduction) Context & Co-text Introducing the grammar of speech

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1 Lingua Inglese 2A (Course Introduction) Context & Co-text Introducing the grammar of speech

2 Plan of the day Context and deixis In-class activity: context and the Golden Girls Translatability A quick course introduction In-class activity: fill-in-the-blanks Spoken Vs Written language EXTRA-CLASS WORK: Read Cutting, Section A2 (pp 8-15) and A5.1 to A5.3 (pp 33-36). Cutting, Part C, Activity on Texts A (pp 83-84) and D (pp only the TASK Take each of the... ) [in your portfolio]

3 What is discourse analysis? Structural definition Discourse is a particular unit of language (above the sentence). Functional definition Discourse is a particular focus of language use.

4 What is discourse? A stretch of language that has meaning, purpose, and that is larger than a sentence. Texts are - written - spoken - mixed written/spoken texts (e.g. Whatsup interactions) - polysemiotic (e.g. Audiovisual)

5 Translatability & contexts A prophecy I had a dream last night, a death dream. Your father spoke to me.... I'm sitting in the living room, and the clock strikes 9:00. Then the bell rings. It's your father in his fedora. He always wore a fedora on Saturday. He walks towards me, reaches out his hand and says, "Sophia, you can come now. There's room for you now."... I'm dying, Dorothy. Saturday, 9:00. Don't make any plans. Full clip From minute 16

6 Context outside text (1.2) situational context background knowledge context deixis (co-textual context) AF (2) So you went to Arran. A bit of a comedown isn't it! ((laughing)) DM It was nice actually. Have you been to Arran? AF No I've not. (1) Like to go. DM Did a lot of climbing. AF // (heh) DM // I went with Francesca (0.5) and David. AF Uhuh? DM Francesca's room-mate. (2) And Alice's - a friend of Alice's from London (1). There were six of us. Yeah we did a lot of hill walking. (0.5) We got back (1) er (2) Michelle and I got home she looked at her knees. They were like this. Swollen up like this. Cos we did this enormous eight hour stretch. AF Uhm.

7 In-class activity: Introductions across different situations Start a worksheet. It MUST be a small notebook size sheet (A5) On top of the page, write: LAST NAME & first name (BLOCK LETTERS, please) ID# today s date signature Rossi Mario

8 The situational context (1.3) situational context what speakers know about what they can see around them Jot down one or two examples of situational context AF (2) So you went to Arran. A bit of a comedown isn't it! ((laughing)) DM It was nice actually. Have you been to Arran? AF No I've not. (1) Like to go. DM Did a lot of climbing. AF // (heh) DM // I went with Francesca (0.5) and David. AF Uhuh? DM Francesca's room-mate. (2) And Alice's - a friend of Alice's from London (1). There were six of us. Yeah we did a lot of hill walking. (0.5) We got back (1) er (2) Michelle and I got home she looked at her knees. They were like this. Swollen up like this. Cos we did this enormous eight hour stretch. AF Uhm.

9 The background knowledge context (1.4) AF (2) So you went to Arran. A bit of a comebackground down isn't it! ((laughing)) knowledge context DM It was nice actually. Have you been to what they know about Arran? each other and the AF No I've not. (1) Like to go. world DM Did a lot of climbing. AF // (heh) interpersonal DM // I went with Francesca (0.5) and David. cultural AF Uhuh? DM Francesca's room-mate. (2) And Alice's - a friend of Alice's from London (1). There were Jot down one six of us. Yeah we did a lot of hill walking. (0.5) example for We got back (1) er (2) Michelle and I got home each type of she looked at her knees. They were like this. background Swollen up like this. Cos we did this enormous knowledge eight hour stretch. context AF Uhm.

10 The co-text (2.2) co-textual context what they know about what they have been saying Jot down one or two examples of co-textual context AF (2) So you went to Arran. A bit of a comedown isn't it! ((laughing)) DM It was nice actually. Have you been to Arran? AF No I've not. (1) Like to go. DM Did a lot of climbing. AF // (heh) DM // I went with Francesca (0.5) and David. AF Uhuh? DM Francesca's room-mate. (2) And Alice's - a friend of Alice's from London (1). There were six of us. Yeah we did a lot of hill walking. (0.5) We got back (1) er (2) Michelle and I got home she looked at her knees. They were like this. Swollen up like this. Cos we did this enormous eight hour stretch. AF Uhm.

11 Deixis (1.5) It is all about the speaker: this, that, here, there, and even he and she depend on YOUR perspective when you are the speaker. Origo: I here now (ego, hic et nunc) 1) person deixis 2) time deixis 3) space deixis Deixis points at a referent, whether present or not, shared by the speaker and the addressee

12 deixis Points at a referent Jot down one example of person, time, and space deixis [you might need to include indirect deixis] AF (2) So you went to Arran. A bit of a comedown isn't it! ((laughing)) DM It was nice actually. Have you been to Arran? AF No I've not. (1) Like to go. DM Did a lot of climbing. AF // (heh) DM // I went with Francesca (0.5) and David. AF Uhuh? DM Francesca's room-mate. (2) And Alice's - a friend of Alice's from London (1). There were six of us. Yeah we did a lot of hill walking. (0.5) We got back (1) er (2) Michelle and I got home she looked at her knees. They were like this. Swollen up like this. Cos we did this enormous eight hour stretch. AF Uhm.

13 In-class activity TASK 1 Now, try to explain again the pun of the skit using the concepts of context and deixis. B: who s that at the door? R: it s me Blanche B: The other side TASK 2 Is the humor of the skit translatable into Italian? Full clip From minute 16

14 Syllabus Visit my page on the department website: Download the syllabus

15 Textbooks Joan Cutting Pragmatics & Discourse (2nd Edition). Routledge Press Sergio Pizziconi & Laura Di Ferrante, Fixin' to learn English, y'all. Variation in English (3rd Abridged Edition). CopyNet, 2018

16 Textbooks P&D: You can read the first chapter here e_cutting Fixing: Place your order today Or send me an

17 Assessment EXAM for NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS The final exam includes a written test whose passing grade is 18 out of 30. The test comprises several types of question: structured, short answer, short analysis. A sample test will be available around midterm. The oral exam is meant to change the grade of the written test, which must be at least 18 out of 30. The grade might also be lowered. EXAM for ATTENDING STUDENTS The course includes 30 hours of lessons. In order to be considered an attending student, you can only miss a maximum of 6 hours. After passing the written test, attending students will discuss their learning portfolio as their oral exam. If the portfolio carries all the requested items, the grade after the written text can only increase.

18 Learning portfolio It is the collection of the learning products of your course. It includes: In-class activities, including those carried out when you were absent. Extra-class work Analysis item (more directions will be provided later)

19 Survey & Course registration Please, make certain that by Sunday you complete this survey

20 Spoken language and getting started with cohesion and coherence On your worksheet, number 1 to 12 lines, as follows Fill in the numbered blanks 1) in the captions 2) 3) full.. Fill-in-theblanks 11) 12)

21 Spoken language and getting started with cohesion and coherence While listening and filling in the blanks, try to spot FILLERS FALSE STARTS PROSODIC PECULIARITIES

22 Spoken language and getting started with cohesion and coherence PROSODIC PECULIARITIES Valley speak OR Valley Girl accent (from minute 2:30) Just a short description:

23 Next meeting Print out the file I will upload tonight. Bring it to class. It ll be your worksheet on our next meeting.