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Mon 8/30 |
Introduction |
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Wed 9/1 |
Video - No Webcast |
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Fri 9/3 |
Video - No Webcast |
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Mon 9/6 |
Holiday: Labor Day |
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Wed 9/8 |
Language, Linguistics: Definitions |
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Fri 9/10 |
Language: Organization - Semantics and Pragmatics |
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Mon 9/13 |
Language: Organization - Syntax |
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Wed 9/15 |
Language: Organization - Phonetics and Phonology |
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Fri 9/17 |
Language: Perspectives - Sociolinguistics |
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Mon 9/20 |
Language: Origins of Language |
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Wed 9/22 |
Language: Indo-European Languages |
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Fri 9/24 |
Language: History of English |
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Mon 9/27 |
Dialect: American Dialects |
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Wed 9/29 |
Video: American Tongues |
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Fri 10/1 |
Pidgins and Creoles |
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Mon 10/4 |
Dialect: AAVE Development Grammar |
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Wed 10/6 |
Dialect: AAVE Ebonics and Other Controversies |
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Fri 10/8 |
Video: Black on White |
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Mon 10/11 |
Options: Channel Gestures |
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Wed 10/13 |
Options: Channel Literate and Oral Communication |
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Fri 10/15 |
Options: Style Formal and Informal Slang |
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Mon 10/18 |
Languages in Contact: Cross-cultural Issues |
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Wed 10/20 |
Languages in Contact: Immigrant Experiences |
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Fri 10/22 |
Languages in Contact: Immigrant Experiences - Code-switching and Borrowing |
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Mon 10/25 |
Languages in Contact: Second-language Learning |
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Wed 10/27 |
Midterm |
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Fri 10/29 |
Video: Cross Talk |
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Mon 11/1 |
Discussion: Term Paper Procedures |
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Wed 11/3 |
Languages in America: Native American Languages - History, Families, Borrowings into English |
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Fri 11/5 |
Languages in America: Native American Languages - Loss and Preservation |
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Mon 11/8 |
Languages in America: Spanish - History and Dialects |
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Wed 11/10 |
Languages in America: Spanish and English - Borrowing and Interference |
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Fri 11/12 |
Languages in America: Other European Langues - German and French |
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Mon 11/15 |
Languages in America: Yiddish (video portion edited out for webcast) |
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Wed 11/17 |
Langues in America: Asian Languages - Immigration; Asian Exclusion and Entrance; Asian Language Families |
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Fri 11/19 |
Langues in America: Asian Languages - Chinese, Japanese, Others |
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Mon 11/22 |
Politics of Language: The First Amendment and Hate Speech |
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Wed 11/24 |
Politics of Language: Official English |
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Fri 11/26 |
Holiday: Thanksgiving |
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Mon 11/29 |
Politics of Language: ASL |
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Wed 12/1 |
Politics of Language: Language and Gender |
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Fri 12/3 |
Politics of Language: Language and Gender |
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Mon 12/6 |
Politics of Language: "Political Correctness" |
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Wed 12/8 |
Course Summary |
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Fri 12/10 |
Questions and Answers; Exam Overview; Course Evaluation |
