Essay instructions:
Design an original study of communication and social interaction in a workplace setting
using linguistic anthropological methods. Your essay should address each of the following
questions:
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Where is the workplace and what do people do there?
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What are your research questions?
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What type of interactions are you planning on studying?
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Who are the participants? What language(s) do they speak? (If they speak languages
other than English, you will need to know these languages.)
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How would collect your data?
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How would you analyze your data?
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In your project discussion, select five of the following concepts and explain how they
would help you analyze your data:
agency adjacency pairs intertextuality language ideologies
metapragmatics semiotics stance-taking
(See Final Exam Study Guide to locate readings and lecture slides in which these
concepts are discussed.)
Length: Approximately 350-400 words.