Programme

This course is an introduction to the Pragmatics of Interaction. After a presentation of the theories and disciplines that have contributed to the development of the models of interaction, we will focus on the approach of Conversation Analysis and Interactional Linguistics, by discussing in detail their theoretical and methodological principles. The main features of interaction (e.g., turn-taking organisation, sequential organisation, repair phenomena) will be studied and authentic data, represented by audiovisual recordings and transcripts of conversational and institutional exchanges, will be analysed. Particular attention will be paid to methodological issues related to data collection and processing.

Core Documentation

Non-exhaustive bibliography (please note: the final list of volumes and papers that will be discussed in class will be communicated at the beginning of the course and will be available on the webpage of the course):

Bazzanella, C. (2008). Linguistica e pragmatica del linguaggio. Un'introduzione. Laterza.
Bazzanella, C., Merlino, S. (2014). Multimodalità e trascrizione. Rassegna Italiana di Linguistica Applicata. Anno XLVI, 1-2, 193-224.
De Stefani, E., Veronesi, D. (2020). Dagli studi sul parlato alla linguistica interazionale. Ricerche sull’uso ordinario della lingua italiana. Studi Italiani di Linguistica Teorica e Applicata, anno XLIX, numero 3, 464-490.
Fatigante, M. (2006). Teoria e pratica della trascrizione in Analisi Conversazionale. L’irriducibilità interpretativa del sistema notazionale. In I. Burki, E. De Stefani (a cura di) Trascrivere la lingua. Dalla filologia all'analisi conversazionale. Bern, P. Lang (pp. 219-256).
Fele, G. (2007). L’analisi della conversazione. Il Mulino.
Mondada, L. (2006). La pertinenza del dettaglio. Registrazione e trascrizione di dati video per la linguistica interazionale. In I. Burki, E. De Stefani (a cura di) Trascrivere la lingua. Dalla filologia all'analisi conversazionale. Bern, P. Lang, 313-344.
Orletti F. (1994). Fra conversazione e discorso. Roma: Carocci.
Sacks, H. (2007). L’analisi della conversazione. A cura di E. Caniglia. Armando Editore.
Sidnell, J. (2010). Conversation Analysis. An introduction. Wiley-Blackwell.

Type of delivery of the course

In presence (if the health sanitary situation allows for it).

Type of evaluation

Attending students: Personal research project and interview about the project. The topic of the personal project will be discussed with the Professor during the quarter. The project is due by 31th May in order to be corrected by the Professor and, if necessary, revised by the student. Non-attending students: Oral exam. The program of the exam, with the detailed list of volumes and essays to be prepared, will be available, at the beginning of classes, on the Moodle page of the course.