LFU:online

Ability to incorporate academic literature about spoken language critically; competence to analyze texts and utterances according to the methods of different linguistic disciplines; ability to write a term paper that meets academic standards

In everyday interaction, we speak a lot more than we write. Linguistic research in the field of spoken language nevertheless has started comparatively lately. Meanwhile, linguistic investigations have created plenty of insights into the differences between speech and writing. In the course, we will take a look at current research in the field of spoken language and discuss methods to analyze it.

Presentations, discussions, exercises

Presentation, term paper, short written examination

To be announced in the course