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Course #: IMA540 – Focused Study II Title: Linguistics and Expression Credits: 3
Mode: Course Term: Fall 2014
Instructor: Jill Robbins, Ph.D. Student: Tyler Bean
Class Time: Weds. 8:00 – 10:00 pm
Learning Goals:
- To create a detailed overview of the linguistics field including, but not limited to, universals of language, psycholinguistics, analysis, generative semantics, comparative linguistics, linguistic relativism, sociolinguistics, pragmatics, and metaphors & framing.
- To understand the place and purpose of language in modern society in relation to slang, comprehension, and the separation between written and spoken language.
- To contemplate the mimetic properties of language and the possibilities for honest expression.
Assignments and schedule:
Weekly/ongoing conferences with instructor; note-taking and/or journaling
Topics | Week | Readings | Exercises/Assignment* |
Human Language, Animal Language, Language Universals, Typology, Linguistic Relativism,Morphology | 1(8/27) | IL Chapter 1: What is Language Boas (1896)Sapir (1925) |
1,3, 4, 6, 11 |
2 Sept 3 | IL Chapter 3: MorphologyWhorf (1956) p. 57-64 | 4, 5, 7, 8, 10 | |
3 9/10 | IL Chapter 12: Writing | 9, 10, 11, 12 | |
4 9/17 | Greenberg (1974) p. 11 -57 | Aspect paper+ | |
Brain and Language, Language and Cognition, Psycholinguistics, | 5 9/24 |
IL Chapter 2: Brain & LanguageSkinner (1980) | 7, 8, 9, 13 |
6 10/1 |
Ullman & Pinker (2002) | ||
7 10/8 | Chomsky (1980)Ullman (2004) | Aspect paper+ | |
Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis (part 1), Meaning of Language, Truth, Generative Semantics | 8 10/15 | Tannen, D. (2005) Ch 2 – 4 | |
9 – 10/24 | IL Chapter 5: The Meaning of Language | 4, 6, 7, 14, 15 | |
10 – 10/29 | Lakoff (1980) Chapters 1-7 (p. 1-34) | ||
1111/5 | Tannen (2013) Ch 6. | Aspect paper+ | |
Sociolinguistics, Language in Modern Society, Language Change, Computers and Language Analysis | 1211/12 | IL Chapter 9: Language Processing: Humans and ComputersLabov (1982) Chapters III & IV (optional Ch. I & II.) | 2, 3, 4, 7 |
1311/19 | IL Chapter 10: Language in SocietyLabov (2013) Ch. 1-4. | 11, 14, 15, 16 | |
1412/3 | IL Chapter 11: Language Change | 6, 7, 11, 12 | |
(Dec 12) | Synthesis | Research Paper |