Syllabus

Language and Power      
All assignments are due the day and time they are listed.      
Dates Format Activities Readings & Assignments
Week I March 30-Apr 3 Propaganda  
Mon. NO CLASS    
Tues 10:30-12:00 NO CLASS    
Tues 1-4:00 Introductions    
Wed 9-12:00 Lecture/Workshop Sapir-Whorf, Susan; Language Policy, Diego; Power as Sociological abstraction, Eric  
Thurs 9-10:30 Seminar Orwell, 1984 Orwell, 1984 (read the whole book)
Thurs 11-1:00 Peer Writing Group Peer Group Organization & seminar on They Say, I Say Read They Say, I Say: Preface & ch.1
Fri 10:00     First paper due 10:00am; comments due by midnight
Week 2 Apr 6-10 Standard Language & Dialects  
Mon 12-3:00 Lecture/Workshop Sounds: Diego  
Tues 10:30-12:00 Seminar Lippi-Green, English with an Accent Lippi-Green, English with an Accent ch. 1-7
Tues 1-4:00 Lecture/Film Film: Do you speak American?  
Wed 9-12:00 Lecture/Workshop Dialects: Susan; Gramsci, Ideology, & Hegemony: Eric  
Thurs 9-10:30 Seminar Language Loyalties p. 251-7 & Lippi-Green, English with an Accent Lippi-Green, English with an Accent ch.8-conclusion
Thurs 11-12:30 Peer Writing Group Research project Discussion Write Summaries of pp 251-7 in Crawford, Language Loyalties
Thurs. 1-2:00 Research Groups Discuss Assignment Bring Language Loyalties
Fri 10:00     Revised paper due 10:00am; comments due by midnight
Week 3 Apr 13-17 Discourse & Power  
Mon 12-3:00 Lecture/Workshop Foucault: Eric; Passage from Foucault: Diego  
Tues 10:30-12:00 Seminar Foucault, History of Sexuality; Foucault, "The Order of Discourse" Foucault, History of Sexuality pp 1-94
Tues 1-4:00 Lecture/Film Film: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly  
Wed 9-12:00 Lecture/Workshop Power of Discourse Workshop: Susan; Method & Biopower: Eric  
Thurs 9-10:30 Seminar Foucault, History of Sexuality Foucault, History of Sexuality pp 95-end
Thurs 11-12:30 Peer Writing Group   2nd expository paper
Thurs. 1-2:00 Rsearch Groups Develop a research question Read relevant chapters of Language Loyalties
Fri 10:00     Revised paper due 10:00am; comments due by midnight
Week 4 Apr 20-24 Language & Gender  
Mon 12-3:00 Lecture/Workshop Gendered talk: Susan  
Tues 10:30-12:00 Seminar Cameron, "Gender & Language Ideologies" & Coates, "Gender Differences…"  Cameron, "Gender & Language Ideologies" & Coates, "Gender Differences…" (Moodle Site)
Tues 1-4:00 Lecture/Film "Pygmalion"  
Wed 9-12:00 Lecture/Workshop Workshop on Gendered Language: Diego; Workshop on Children's books: Eric  
Thurs 9-10:30 Seminar Kiesling, "Dude" & Holmes & Schnurr, "Doing Femininity" Kiesling, "Dude" & Holmes & Schnurr, "Doing Femininity" (Moodle Site)
Thurs 11-12:30 Peer Writing Group   4th expository essay
Thurs 1-2:00 Research Groups Discuss outlines in your groups Bring an outline of your paper and a list of sources  using MLA
Fri 10:00     Revised paper due 10:00am; comments due by midnight
Week 5 Apr 27-May 1 Ethnography, Orality, & Literacy  
Mon 12-3:00 Lecture/Workshop Ethnography: Everything you always wanted to know: Eric; Orality & Literacy: Diego Geertz: Deep Play: Notes on a Balinese Cockfight"
Tues 10:30-12:00 Seminar Ahearn, Invitations to Love Ahearn, Invitations to Love, ch 1-5
Tues 1-4:00 Lecture/Film Film: The Namesake  
Wed 9-12:00 Lecture Student Presentations  
Thurs 9-10:30 Seminar Ahearn, Invitations to Love Ahearn ch 6-10
Thurs 11-12:30 Peer Writing Group Writing Groups & Student Presentations (con't.) 1st Research Paper
Fri 10:00     Revised paper due 10:00am; comments due by midnight
Week 6 May 4-8 Bilingualism  
Mon 12-3:00 Lecture/Workshop Doing Ethnography: Eric; Agency in Language: Diego  
Tues 10:30-12:00 Seminar Berk-Seligson, The Bilingual Courtroom Berk-Seligson, The Bilingual Courtroom  ch 1-5
Tues 1-4:00 Lecture/Film Film: Color of Freedom  
Wed 9-12:00 Lecture/Workshop Language Policy around Quechua: Diego; Bilingualism: Susan  
Thurs 9-10:30 Seminar Berk-Seligson, The Bilingual Courtroom Berk-Seligson, The Bilingual Courtroom ch 6-10
Thurs 11-12:30 Peer Writing Group   4th expository paper
Thurs 1-2:00 Research Groups Discuss Ethnographic Observations Summary of 1st Observation
Fri 10:00     Revised paper due 10:00am; comments due by midnight
Week 7 May 11-15 Language Hierarchy  
Mon 12-3:00 Lecture/Workshop Language Hierarchy in Thai: Eric; Guest Speaker: Teresa Woods-Santosa  
Tues 10:30-12:00 Seminar Siegel, Selection from Solo; Howard, Kin Term Usage" Siegel, Selection from Solo; Howard, Kin Term Usage"
Tues 1-4:00 Lecture/Film Film: Tears of the BlackTiger  
Wed 9-12:00 Lecture/Workshop Pronoun Drift: Diego; Politeness & Rudeness: Susan  
Thurs 9-10:30 Seminar Bourdieu, "Production and Reproduction of Legitimate Language" Bourdieu, "Production and Reproduction of Legitimate Language" (Moodle Site)
Thurs 11-12:30 Peer Writing Group   5th expository paper
Thurs 1-2:00 Research Groups Discuss Ethnographic Observations Summary of 2nd Observation
Fri 10:00     Revised paper due 10:00am; comments due by midnight
Week 8 May18-22 Colonization & Language  
Mon 12-3:00 Lecture/Workshop French Colonialism: Susan; Pidgins & Creoles: Diego  
Tues 10:30-12:00 Seminar Chamoiseau, Solibo Magnificent Chamoiseau, Solibo Magnificent (read whole book)
Tues 1-4:00 Lecture/Film Film: Battle of Algiers  
Wed 9-12:00 Lecture/Workshop Colonialism & Scientific Language Ideology: Eric: Latin Vocabulary: Diego  
Thurs 9-10:30 Seminar Solibo (con't ); Anderson "Excremental Colonialism" Chamoiseau, Solibo Magnificent; Anderson "Excremental Colonialism" (Moodle)
Thurs 11-12:30 Peer Writing Group   6th expository paper
Thurs 1-2:00 Research Groups Discuss Ethnographic Observations Courthouse Dialogue
Fri 10:00     Revised paper due 10:00am; comments due by midnight
Week 9 May 25-29 Language Myths  
Mon 12-3:00 Holiday    
Tues 10:30-12:00 Seminar Borges "John Wilkins' Analytical Language"; "The Book of Sand"; "Funes the Memorious": & Selections from Sorting Things Out  
Tues 1-4:00 Lecture/Film Guest Lecture: Steven Hendricks   
Wed 9-12:00 Lecture/Workshop AAVE: Susan; video "Black English"  
Thurs 9-10:30 Seminar Language Myths  Language Myths (read whole book)
Thurs 11-12:30 Peer Writing Group   Final Research Project #2
Fri 10:00     Revised paper due 10:00am; comments due by midnight
Week 10 June 1-5 Synthesis & Exam  
Mon 12-3:00   No Class  
Tues 10:30-12:00   Final Synthesis Seminar  
Tues 1-4:00   Final Exam  
Wed 9-12:00   Student Presentations  
Thurs 9-10:30   Student Presentations; Self Evals Due  
Thurs 11-1:00   Potluck  
Week 11 June 6-12 Evaluations: Be sure to sign up with your seminar leader