Syllabus
| engl_324_syllabus_fall_2022.pdf |
September 7
| linguistics_glossary.docx |
| chapter_one--language--mooney_and_evans.pdf |
Why Language Is Humanity’s Greatest Invention David Peterson https://www.ted.com/talks/david_peterson_why_language_is_humanity_s_greatest_invention
Due September 12
How Language Shapes the Way We Think: Lera Boroditsy https://www.ted.com/talks/lera_boroditsky_how_language_shapes_the_way_we_think?language=en
| linguistic_landscapes_chapter.pdf |
Due September 14
| discourse_small-d_big_d.pdf |
What is a Speech Community ?
Due September 19
| language_evolution_acquisition_adaptation_and.pdf |
| language_identity_social_equity_educational_responses_to_dialect_hegemony.pdf |
Due September 21--class cancelled
Due September 26
“When a Sociolinguist Eavesdrops on a Bus” Vera Regan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAGgKE82034
| arguments_about_literally.pdf |
The article below is optional:
| academic_english_standard_ideology.pdf |
Due September 28
| rachel_jeantels_language_is_english_.docx |
| embarrassed_and_scared_to_speak_different_language.pdf |
| oh_i_like_your_accent.pdf |
Due October 3--please meet at RSU Entrance on Park Street for this important gathering. We will continue with our classwork on Wednesday.
CALL FOR SOLIDARITY WITH IRANIAN WOMEN AND MOTHERS AND THEIR FAMILIES!
MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2022, at 12:00-1:00pm
IN FRONT OF RONDILEAU STUDENT UNION (PARK STREET)
“Fairness, freedom from oppression and equitable distribution of resources are all grounded in the same basic principle: that all human beings have equal dignity and worth” the Martin Richard Institute for Social Justice
As an affirmation of our commitment to BSU values, please join us in front of the Rondileau Student Union at 12:00pm-1:00pm, Monday 10/3/2022 to show our solidarity with our sisters and mothers and their families in Iran.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2022, at 12:00-1:00pm
IN FRONT OF RONDILEAU STUDENT UNION (PARK STREET)
“Fairness, freedom from oppression and equitable distribution of resources are all grounded in the same basic principle: that all human beings have equal dignity and worth” the Martin Richard Institute for Social Justice
As an affirmation of our commitment to BSU values, please join us in front of the Rondileau Student Union at 12:00pm-1:00pm, Monday 10/3/2022 to show our solidarity with our sisters and mothers and their families in Iran.
Due October 5
Bring draft of your Sociolinguistic Profile to share
Here is the video we watched in class on Wednesday, September 28 www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1KP4ztKK0A . There is also a Part 2 that you can find to the right.
| southern_english.pdf |
| talking_american_in_the_midwest.pdf |
Watch Do You Speak American? Ep 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOTzkejL7ks
Ep 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYN_CIDocBI
Ep 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PR34EJOZFs
Ep 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYN_CIDocBI
Ep 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PR34EJOZFs
October 10--Indigenous Peoples Day--no classes
Due October 12
| code_switching_and_code_mixing.pdf |
Due October 17
| negative_affective_language_in_politics.pdf |
| politics_and_language_chapter__mooney_and_evans_.pdf |
How to Talk Like a Politician https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/10/how-to-talk-like-a-politician-111841/
How to Have Better Political Conversations Ted Talk
October 19--no class as I will be away
Due October 24
| revisitingpromiserighttoownlanguage_ccc_sepr2005.pdf |
| english_only_policies_in_us.pdf |
October 26--no class--Friday Schedule
Due October 31
| tannenmen_and_women_in_conversation_final.pdf |
| gender_differences_in_language_use.pdf |
Due November 2
| kramer2016_feministlinguistics-with-cover-page-v2.pdf |
Watch How Language Shapes Our Thoughts on Equity-- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Yq2WycjTNg
Due November 7
| gender_and_language_on_facebook.pdf |
| zimman2017transgenderlanguagereformsome_challenges_and_strategies_for_promoting.pdf |
| im_a_g--lesbian_teen.pdf |
Due November 9 --we will also check on the Scrapbooks
| i_dont_know_if_that_be_english.pdf |
| language_social_class_and_education_adolescents.pdf |
| code_switch_texting_wheelerejmay2009.pdf |
Due November 14
| talking_hiphop.pdf |
| korean_hip_hop.pdf |
| criticalhiphoplanguage.pdf |
Due November 16
| r_u_texting_journal_of_literacy_research-2009-drouin-46-67.pdf |
Watch “txing is Killing Language. JK.” John McWhorter https://www.ted.com/talks/john_mcwhorter_txtng_is_killing_language_jk/transcript .
Due November 21
| slursandoffense_11_02_09.pdf |
| dangerous_words_derogatory_language.pdf |
November 23
Virtual Office hours available from 12: 10-1:35 https://bridgew.zoom.us/j/2471977664
Virtual Office hours available from 12: 10-1:35 https://bridgew.zoom.us/j/2471977664
Due November 28
For today, please find an article on sociolinguistics to share. The article can be an extension on something we have discussed or take a different direction. Write a one page response and supply the article or a link to it.
Due November 30
| erdrich.pdf |
Due December 5
| lakota_language_rescan.pdf |
Wampanoag Language Reclamation Project: https: www.wlrp.org/
Red Cloud Indian School: www.redcloudschool.org/dual-language-story-education
2019 Year of Indigenous Languages https://www.un.org/development/desa/dspd/2019/01/2019-international-year-of-indigenous-languages/
Red Cloud Indian School: www.redcloudschool.org/dual-language-story-education
2019 Year of Indigenous Languages https://www.un.org/development/desa/dspd/2019/01/2019-international-year-of-indigenous-languages/
Due December 7 --ZOOM EVENT on Indigenous Languages
Nitana Hicks Greendeer (Wampanoag) and Matthew Rama (Lakota) will be presenting on reclaiming language and the efforts to teach children. This is a Zoom event, but I will be in our classroom so you can watch there as well. Below is the link to pre-register:
When: Dec 7, 2022 12:00 Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://bridgew.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYqd-Cqqz4qH9Kose3U7RxBXSdS06kxZD0q
When: Dec 7, 2022 12:00 Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://bridgew.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYqd-Cqqz4qH9Kose3U7RxBXSdS06kxZD0q