LINGUISTICA APPLICATA
Knowledge of basic notions of Linguistcs are beneficial. Nevertheless, if necessary, basic notions will be discussed again during lectures if necessary.
The exam consists of two parts:
1) A short written essay or powerpoint on an individually assigned short paper. The written essay (of up to 5 pages) or powerpoint (of up to 15 slides) must be sent by email to the lecturer by the registration deadline for the exam, and their evaluation will be part of the overall assessment.
At the end of the module, the student will have a good understanding of the main theoretical foundations of corpus linguistics and the study of spoken language. They will then be able to plan and conduct the analysis of a linguistic phenomenon related to speech and spoken interactions, using methodologies and tools from corpus linguistics.
In the first part of the course, the methods of linguistic analysis through the use of corpora are addressed:
1. What is a corpus
2. Methods and tools for interrogating corpora
3. Annotation and mark up
4. Types of corpora
5. Examples of corpus-based and corpus-driven linguistic analysis
In the second part of the course, the characteristics of spoken discourse as an object of linguistic study and corpora of spoken languages will be addressed:
1. Speech: semiotic and linguistic peculiarities
2. Units of analysis for spoken discourse
3. Peculiar phenomena of spoken discourse (vagueness, discursive markers)
4. Methodological problems in building a corpus of a spoken variety
Lectures
Office hours: by appointment only (write an email to alessandra.barotto@uninsubria.it)