Department of English

Events
Workshop

2. - 3. October: Qualitative Methods in Sociolinguistics

Monday, 2023/10/02 - Tuesday, 2023/10/03

Event organizer: Dr. des. Danielle Tod
Speaker: Marie Maegaard, Scott Kiesling, Florian Busch
Date: 2023/10/02 - 2023/10/03
Time: 09:00 - 17:00
Locality: Room 331
Hauptgebäude
Hochschulstrasse 4
3012 Bern
Registration: This workshop is open to PhD students and advanced MA students; other staff is encouraged to join. For registration, please contact danielle.tod@unibe.ch by 24 September. If you wish to present, please include a title and short abstract (max. 150 words).
Characteristics: open to the public
free of charge

Click the link below to follow the keynote speakers' lectures (see programme) online:

https://unibe-ch.zoom.us/s/7931254771

This two-day workshop includes lectures and workshops on qualitative data analysis with hands-on practice in analysing stance, interaction in digital communication, and ethnographic approaches in the context of variationist sociolinguistics. Participants are also invited to present and receive feedback on their own ongoing research. Presentations are welcome on projects at all stages. An apéro will take place at 5:30pm on 2 October.

To register for the workshop, contact danielle.tod@unibe.ch by 24 September. If you wish to present, please include a title and short abstract (max. 150 words).

Lectures: 

2 October

09:15 - 10:30:

Marie Maegaard – Situating sociolinguistic studies of variation: (Implicit) theories of language and place 

3 October

09:15 - 10:30:
Florian Busch – Interactional approaches to mobile communication: Investigating the social fabric of texting in time

13:45 - 15:00:
Scott Kiesling – Communicating toughness: Why is 'toughness' a common explanation for sociolinguistic patterns?

The lectures are open to all without registration and available on zoom.