| 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 noon | ||
| 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, I: 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 11-1:00 | 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 noon | ||
| 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; Foucault, "The Order of Discourse" |
| 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 11-1:00 | Peer Writing Group | 2nd expository paper | |
| Thurs. 1-2:00 | Rsearch Groups | Guest: Research Librarian | Read relevant chapters of Language Loyalties |
| Fri 10:00 | Revised paper due 10:00am | ||
| 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 11-1:00 | Peer Writing Group | Final Research Project #1 | |
| Thurs 1-2:00 | Research Groups | Meet in Groups by Topic | Bring Research Question and newspaper articles. |
| Fri 10:00 | Revised paper due 10:00am; comments due by noon | ||
| 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 | "The Namesake" | |
| Wed 9-12:00 | Lecture | Student Presentations | |
| Thurs 9-10:30 | Seminar | Ahearn, Invitations to Love | Ahearn ch 6-10 |
| Thurs 11-1:00 | Peer Writing Group | Writing Groups & Student Presentations (con't.) | 3rd expository paper |
| Fri 10:00 | Revised paper due 10:00am; comments due by noon | ||
| Week 6 | May 4-8 | Bilingualism | |
| Mon 12-3:00 | Lecture/Workshop | Bilingualism: Susan; Doing Ethnography: Eric | |
| Tues 10:30-12:00 | Seminar | Berk-Seligson, The Bilingual Courtroom | Berk-Seligson, The Bilingual Courtroom |
| Tues 1-4:00 | Lecture/Film | Film: Color of Freedom | |
| Wed 9-12:00 | Lecture/Workshop | Diglossia & Hybrid Languages: Diego | |
| Thurs 9-10:30 | Seminar | Berk-Seligson, The Bilingual Courtroom | Berk-Seligson, The Bilingual Courtroom |
| Thurs 11-1:00 | 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 noon | ||
| 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 11-1:00 | 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 noon | ||
| Week 8 | May18-22 | Colonization & Language | |
| Mon 12-3:00 | Lecture/Workshop | French Colonialism: Susan; Language Policy around Quechua: Diego | |
| Tues 10:30-12:00 | Seminar | Chamoiseau, Solibo Magnificent | Chamoiseau, Solibo the 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 the Magnificent; Anderson "Excremental Colonialism" (Moodle) |
| Thurs 11-1:00 | 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 noon | ||
| 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 | |
| Thurs 11-1:00 | Peer Writing Group | Final Research Project #2; comments due by noon | |
| Fri 10:00 | Revised paper due 10:00am | ||
| 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 |