This course explores linguistic structure in the contexts of everyday social interaction. Through readings and hands-on data analysis, students will learn to address the following big questions: How are everyday social interactions structured, and why is this structure typically invisible to us? How do social goals, relationships, and identities influence the linguistic structure of interactions?
3-4 units · Letter or Credit/No Credit
This course explores linguistic structure in the contexts of everyday social interaction. Through readings and hands-on data analysis, students will learn to address the following big questions: How are everyday social interactions structured, and why is this structure typically invisible to us? How do social goals, relationships, and identities influence the linguistic structure of interactions?
Offered in Spring 2027 at Stanford University.