The first Linguistics Circle for the 2024–2025 academic year is coming up this week, on Thursday, September 19, 7–9pm. Our first presenter is Iain Sungmin Park, a recent PhD graduate and current Research Fellow, who will be presenting a paper entitled “Jesus’ Language Style in Contextualizing the Social Identity of the True Worshiper in John 4:3–30.” This study analyzes the conversational style between Jesus and the Samaritan woman in John 4:3–30 from a historical sociolinguistic perspective. By investigating the linguistic choices within their conversation, this research aims at determining how the social identity of “true worshipers” is articulated in this passage.
Anyone who is interested in joining is most welcome to join, students, faculty, staff, or anyone else who is interested. As usual, there is a pre-Circle dinner gathering at 5pm. We will meet in Cullen Hall near the back doors (that face the centre of campus) and walk together to a nearby restaurant.
As customary, our discussion will be held in the College board room, as well as on Zoom (link below) for those who are unable to join in person. To access and read the paper beforehand (recommended), it can be found the CBLTE forum. For any questions or comments, or access to the forum, please contact co-chairs Dr. Stanley Porter or Dr. David Yoon (yoond2@mcmaster.ca), or email CBLTE directly (cblte@mcmaster.ca). We look forward to kicking off the year with a stimulating discussion on the conversation style between Jesus and the Samaritan woman.
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