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Tim S. Raposa Anthropology |
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Anth 341 (18587) Introduction to Linguistics MW 2:30-3:45 p.m. AJ4 8/21-12/22 Prerequisites: Eligibility for ENGWR 100 or ESLW 340 is required. Instructor: Professor Raposa Phone: (530) 400-1339 E-mail: raposat@scc.losrios.edu Office Hours: W 3:45-4:45 p.m. in AJ4 or by appointment. Required Materials: 2 Scantrons (Form No. 882-E) We will be reading and discussing these texts in their entirety. • Lippo-Green 1997 English With an Accent. Routledge, London. • Hinton, Leanne 1994 Flutes of Fire: Essays on California Indian Languages. Heyday Books. Berkeley. Other Materials: The topics in language structure that I present in class will be based on select material from this introductory textbook, which is on reserve at the library. • Ottenheimer, Harriet Joseph 2006 The Anthropology of Language: An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology. Canada: Thomson Wadsworth. Overview and Goals: This class is a distinctly anthropological approach to the study of language: we will explore language within an anthropological (evolutionary) framework. Language, from this perspective, is studied as a unique human adaptation developing over the last two million years as the product of multiple natural selective pressures. We will begin by learning about the discipline of anthropology (the study of humans) and the sub-discipline of linguistic anthropology (the study of language within an anthropological context). The four areas of study in linguistic anthropology (historical, descriptive (structural), sociolinguistics, and ethnolinguistics) will serve as the outline of the course. 1. Historical linguistics will address language evolution (origins of language and language families) and will examine human language in relation to non-verbal communication and non-human primate communication. We will also look at how human infants acquire language and what this tells us about the origins of language for our species. 2. Descriptive or structural linguistics is the linguistics part of the course and will include the elements of linguistic analyses: phonetics, phonology (phonemics), morphology, syntax, and semantics. 3. Sociolinguistics is the study of language in society (in social situations). It is during this part of the course that you will begin to see that language is much more than communication. It reflects how others think of us and what we think of others (image) and shapes how we define ourselves (identity). Language also symbolizes social differentiation based on sex, gender, age, group, geography, or socio-economic status and is used to perpetuate social inequality, legitimize discrimination, and institutionalize racism. 4. Finally, ethnolinguistics is the study of language and culture. Language both reflects and shapes culture. Thus, people who speak different languages actually perceive the world differently. This part of the course also examines why half of the world’s languages have disappeared in the last five hundred years. If language reflects unique worldviews, the loss of linguistic diversity means the loss of traditional systems of knowledge--mostly oral traditions--that are the source of a particular culture’s relationship to the world. Language Revitalization Movements are responding to this phenomenon by supporting self-regulation, writing grammars of indigenous languages, and producing culturally integrated curriculum for western education systems. As a result, not only are the people learning their native languages and using them to make a living, their unique worldviews are contributing to the cultural and linguistic diversity, the variation that is so important in human evolution. Language seen from this perspective illustrates it as an unlimited creative force, not an exclusionary one, which draws from the linguistic power of the individual and the collective to maximize the potential of human diversity.
Monday 8/21 Introductions. What is anthropology? Wednesday 8/23 What is linguistic anthropology? Questions for A Goy In The Ghetto Monday 8/28 Nonverbal communication. The Human Language Series: Part III: The Human Language Evolves Wednesday 8/30 Sign Language Monday 9/4 Holiday: No Class Wednesday 9/6 How is language possible? (Phonetics & IPA Chart) Monday 9/11 How and when did language evolve? (Phonemics & Duality of Patterning) Wednesday 9/13 Language Change & Choice (Language Families) Monday 9/18 How do we acquire language? The Human Language Series. Wednesday 9/20 What is Morphology Monday 9/25 What is Syntax Wednesday 9/27 What is Semantics. Okay, I'll offer this as a PDF "Unofficial Midterm Review" But use this to help you understand the packets and not necessarily what is going to be on the midterm. I will post a study guide and PDF that will directly relate to the exam. Monday 10/2. Sociolinguistics: The Linguistic Facts of Life (Lippi-Green pgs. 3-40). Wednesday 10/4 Do You Speak American? (North) Monday 10/9 Structural Linguistics Packets (Phonetics, Phonemics, Morphology & Syntax) Due today instead. Lippi-Green (pgs. 41-73) Wednesday 10/11 Lippi-Green (pgs. 75-103) Monday 10/16 Lippi-Green (pgs. 104-132) Wednesday 10/18 PowerPoint "EWAA" Monday 10/23 Lippi-Green (pgs. 133-151) Wednesday 10/25 Lippi-Green (pgs. 152-170) Monday 10/30 Lippi-Green (pgs. 171-216) Wednesday 11/1 Do You Speak American (South) Monday 11/6 Lippi-Green (pgs. 217-243) Wednesday 11/8 Sociolinguistics Exam Monday 11/13 Ethnolinguistics: Language & Culture Wednesday 11/15 Language Revitalization. Hand-Out: Endangered Language Research Paper requirements. Fishman's GIDS scale Monday 11/20 Hinton 1-33 Wednesday 11/22 Hinton 35-69 Monday 11/27 Hinton 71-105 Wednesday 11/29 Hinton 107-151 Monday 12/4 Hinton 153-187 Wednesday 12/6 Hinton 189-233 Monday 12/11 Student Presentations Wednesday 12/13 Final Review Go to Final Study Guide. Download PDF Lang Revitalization & Flutes of Fire Monday 12/18 Final Exam 3:10-5:10 AJ4.
• Attendance. Students are responsible for signing role sheet. Please respect your fellow students by being on-time. • Make-up Policy. 24 hour notice by phone or e-mail with documented excuse is required to be eligible for a make-up. Make-up will differ from original exam and must be taken before the next class. • Grading: 500-450=A; 449-400=B; 399-350=C; 349-300=D; 299 and below=F ¸ Structural Linguistics Exercise Packet, 100 points. ¸ Midterm Exam, 100 points. ¸ Endangered Language Research Paper, 100 points (Prospectus 25; Draft 25; Final 50) +25 for presenting. ¸ Final Exam 200 points. ¸ Extra-Credit: 25 extra points for 3 or less absences. Regular participation (asking and answering questions) is also worth 25 extra points. Presenting your research paper is worth 25 extra points. Students with disabilities are encouraged to discuss them with me so that we may make arrangements as needed. The following services are available on campus: Disability Resource Center, located in the Student Services Building across from Rodda North: (916) 558-2807. Learning (dis)Abilities program, Rm A2 (Auditorium): (916) 558-2283. The following campus resources are available to all students. Contact them to find out how they can help you get better grades in your classes at Sacramento City College. Extended Opportunities Programs and Services (EOP&S), Rm 155 Rodda North: 558-2403. Learning Resources Division, LR 236 (Library): (558-2253 or online http://www.scc.losrios.edu/learnres.html. Counseling, Rm 147 1st floor Rodda North 558-220 English As A Second Language, Rm 326 Rodda South: http://www.scc.losrios.edu/~langlit/esl/ The Learning Skills and Tutoring Center, LR 144 1st floor of the Learning Resource Center (library): 558-2258 Academic Computing Labs, LR 144 1st floor of the Learning Resource Center (library): 558-2205. Reading and Writing Lab, 3rd floor Rodda South: 558-2342. Cultural Awareness Center, Student Center: 558-2155. Financial Aid Office, Rm 167 Rodda North: 558-2501. First Time College Students, http://www.scc.losrios.edu/~admis/newstudents.html or select from drop-down menu from the Sacramento City College home page. First Year College Program, http://scc-web-rsearch.scc.losrios.edu/1styear/page1.html or select from drop-down menu from the Sacramento City College home page. Academic Dishonesty: Cheating on exams/plagiarism will result in a failing grade for that assignment. The incident will be reported to the Division Dean and could result in academic probation and/or permanent dismissal from class. What is academic dishonesty? The two most common kinds of academic dishonesty are cheating and plagiarism. Cheating is the act of obtaining or attempting to obtain credit for academic work through the use of dishonest, deceptive or fraudulent means. Plagiarism is representing the work of someone else as one’s own and submitting it for any purpose. Students are responsible to know what academic dishonesty means. Examples of cheating include: • Copying from someone else’s test • Purposely allowing another student to copy during a test. • Accepting assistance, oral or written, during a project or examination without instructor approval. • Lying to an instructor or college official to improve a grade. • Removing tests from the classroom without the in-structor’s approval. • Using forbidden notes or other sources on examinations. • Altering or interfering with grading. • Someone other than student attending course or tak-ing examination. • Forging signatures on attendance documents or other college records. • Stealing copyrighted computer software. • Using an electronic device (calculator, tape recorder, or computer) during an examination without permission. EXAMPLES OF PLAGIARISM INCLUDE: • Submitting a paper purchased from a research or term paper service. • Incorporating another person’s ideas, words, sentences, or paragraphs, without giving appropriate credit, and representing the product as one’s own work. • Representing someone else’s artistic or scholarly work (e.g., musical compositions, computer programs, photo-graphs, drawings) as one’s own. CONSEQUENCES OF ACADEMIC DISHONESTY Depending on the seriousness of the infraction, students may be subject to one or more of the following: • Receive an “F” in the assignment or course. • Be placed on disciplinary probation or disciplinary suspension or be expelled. Instructors, who assign a grade of “F” for cheating, will document that the grade was assigned for academic dishonesty. The documentation will be stored in the student’s permanent academic file. Grades assigned for cheating cannot be changed at a later date, nor will students be eligible to repeat the course to have the grade eliminated from the cumulative GPA. Students who have been reported for academic dishonesty more than once will be subject to further disciplinary action. Instructor reserves the right to mock or otherwise make fun of any student sleeping in class
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