Blogging / Interactive reflection (BLOG) (20%) In this section you will write a 300-500 word reaction segment to each week’s material. You may talk about: (1) what you found interesting in the material covered that week and why, (2) what you found challenging, (3) how it ties to your research interests, (4) whether you’ve read related material,Continue reading “Week 7: Language and Identity”
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Week 6: Language ideologies
TOPIC: LANGUAGE IDEOLOGIES Blogging / Interactive reflection (BLOG) (20%) In this section you will write a 300-500 word reaction segment to each week’s material. You may talk about: (1) what you found interesting in the material covered that week and why, (2) what you found challenging, (3) how it ties to your research interests, (4) whether you’veContinue reading “Week 6: Language ideologies”
Hundreds of languages in Papau New Guinea
Learn more about Papau New Guinea’s languages here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Papua_New_Guinea
2nd/3rd wave variation: ethnography (2nd) and linguistic practice (3rd)
For anyone who has never read about Penny Eckert’s “Jocks and Burnouts” study, I highly recommend it. It illustrates the importance and usefulness of ethnographic methods in describing language practices. Eckert does a fantastic job at describing the details of talk, as well as other behavioral practices, found across different social communities. Have a lookContinue reading “2nd/3rd wave variation: ethnography (2nd) and linguistic practice (3rd)”
Week 4: Language, Culture, and Thought [Reflection]
TOPIC: LANGUAGE AND THOUGHT Blogging / Interactive reflection (BLOG) (20%) In this section you will write a 300-500 word reaction segment to each week’s material. You may talk about: (1) what you found interesting in the material covered that week and why, (2) what you found challenging, (3) how it ties to your research interests, (4) whetherContinue reading “Week 4: Language, Culture, and Thought [Reflection]”
Week 3: Reflection assignment
TOPIC: LANGUAGE SOCIALIZATION Blogging / Interactive reflection (BLOG) (20%) In this section you will write a 300-500 word reaction segment to each week’s material. You may talk about: (1) what you found interesting in the material covered that week and why, (2) what you found challenging, (3) how it ties to your research interests, (4) whether you’veContinue reading “Week 3: Reflection assignment”
Pictures from Ochs and Duranti’s Samoan fieldwork
Week 3: Language acquisition and Universal Grammar (Theoretical debate – generativist perspective)
Week 2: Linguistic Diversity vs. U.G.
TOPIC: THE SOCIAL LIFE OF LANGUAGE (INTRO) Blogging / Interactive reflection (BLOG) (20%) In this section you will write a 300-500 word reaction segment to each week’s material. You may talk about: (1) what you found interesting in the material covered that week and why, (2) what you found challenging, (3) how it ties to your researchContinue reading “Week 2: Linguistic Diversity vs. U.G.”
Topics in Sociolinguistics 