Sociolinguistics Term Paper

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Interaction and Politeness and FTAs

Examine a radio talk show for politeness and FTAs. Counseling shows are fun for this topic—for example, Dr. Phil or Dr. Laura. How do they handle the FTA of giving advice and diagnosing a problem?

The final term allows you to write a scholarly paper in which you analyze a piece of data in a way that you contribute to a larger conversation in the field of Sociolinguistics. The term paper requires an original analysis of a data set that you collected. You are encouraged to revise and expand your data analysis assignment and to rely on your annotated bibliography for sources. You should not feel tied to your annotated bibliography, however, as you may use sources not in the annotated bibliography and expand the bibliography.

Your term paper should be a well-written, well-organized, coherent analysis in which you consistently address a research question or a set of research questions, or an analytic purpose of some sort. The paper should include the following sections:

1. Introduction( Research questions or statement of purpose) –half to one page

2. Literature Review to set up the theoretical framework (a review of the sources related to your topic and that helped you formulate your topic) – three (3) to four (4) pages

3. Research questions or statement of purpose — one (1) to three (3) sentences

4. The Data/Description of data collection procedures –one half (1/2) to one (1) page

5. Analysis and Findings of the data –four () to five (5) pages

6. Discussion and Conclusion — two (2) to four (4) pages

7. Transcript or Text (from Dr.Phil show https://www.yousubtitles.com/Dr-Phil-Challenges-24-Year-Old-Who-Claims-Shes-The-Reincarnation-Of-Pocahontas-id-2282771and https://www.yousubtitles.com/Watch-As-A-Dad-Struggles-With-Meeting-His-Daugher-As-A-Woman-For-The-First-Time-id-1208766

8. References (include at least five (5) for undergrads,two of them are from Mandelbaum and Pomerantz’s “What Drives Social Action?”and from Pérez de Ayala, Soledad’s “FTAs and Erskine May: Conflicting needs?—Politeness in question time”. I give you thePDF of the article at the bottom.

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The paper should be 10-12- pages double spaced, not including the reference list and the transcript.

Please see the example term paper.