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English 6160: Fall, 2006 Boyd Davis Introduction to the English Language 255a Fretwell Office Hours 3.30-5 W, Th,&
by appointment
704.687.4209 http://www.english.uncc.edu/bdavis
boydhdavis@yahoo.com Purpose: Two of the most remarkable
achievements in the history of human evolution are language and
consciousness. In this course we will explore the connections between these
two phenomena as we seek to understand something about the workings of human
language and discourse. – R.F. Lunsford.
Language can only deal
meaningfully with a special, restricted segment of reality. The rest, and it
is presumably the much larger part, is silence. – George Steiner. A
linguistic system is a series of differences of sound combined with a series
of differences of ideas – Saussure. Required Texts: Aitchison, Jean. The Language Web. Chafe, Wallace. Discourse,
Consciousness, and Time. Crystal, David. The You will need an inexpensive computer
microphone and earphones or speakers. Policies: 1) Regular Attendance. Obviously, each absence hurts in a class
that meets only once a week. Except in
extreme circumstances, I will not assign you a passing grade if you miss more
than 2 class meetings. (If you have
serious problems that cause absences, please see me as soon as possible about
your options.) 2) Academic Integrity. The UNCC Academic Integrity Code
will be strictly adhered to 3) Multicultural Policy. Students will be made familiar with
Department's Policy Grades: 50% 5 labs:
each roughly 2 pages; top limit 2 1/2 (12 point, double or space and a half) Slang Update/Expansion keyed to
handouts; Transcription and metaphor analysis of roughly 2 minutes of
group conversation with older persons (in groups);
Politeness analysis in any two
conversations between Roenna and 2 different interlocutors; Narrative
analysis: edit one already-transcribed conversation in its file, select one narrative
(monologue or co-constructed, and analyse it using
either Hymes’ or Labov’s model. Corpus-based: on
syllabus 10% in pairs;
10-minute oral report for a part you found interesting/important in a chapter from 30% Discourse
analysis: review Slembrouk’s “outline,” select one
concept discussed by Chafe (cf bibliogs) and one more
methodological stance (conversation, politeness, narrative, non-narrative, corpus-based) for use in your analysis
of something you
find comparable from one transcript from New South Voices and a literary or
non-
fiction work of your choice. Go for what you
like: is it gender-based cues keyed to
figurative language? Sound as signal of
social status? Co-constructed narrative?
Collocation and idiom in informational text by or for second-language
learners?
Representations of identity and ‘speaking rights’? Ideology and power? Communities of practice and learning
theory? 10% Take home
exam reflective essay and paper abstract for mini-conference, TBA Aug 24 Introduction and Overview Crystal
1: The prescriptive tradition 2. The equality of languages VIDEO clip,
Carolina Voices 3. The magic of language 4. The functions of language 45. Language and the brain VIDEO
clip, Brain next week Handout: study preview
for Aitchison textlet Aug 31 the
Word The Language Web, Aitchison (entire minibook); language handouts for Slang lab Computer Lab
7-8, Intro to CENTRA, & Discussion of
Dictionaries Sept 7 Language and Mind, 1 ORa ___ 17.
Semantics Chris Smallwood,
Simone Zahler . ORb___ 19.
Names Julia Intawiwat,
Kelly Wisdom 20.
Discourses and text [projector] ORc_____ http://bank.ugent.be/da/da.htm (you
choose section) Discourse Analysis, Slembrouck Lesley Carroll,
Matt Crabtree 21.
Pragmatics (with handouts on Speech
Acts, Face/Deference, and Politeness) Sept 14 Language and Mind, 2 ***SLANG LAB 1 Chafe, 1-4
Lang & Mind, Consciousness, Speaking & Writing CENTRA computer lab BD : ShuTe; Davis, Maclagan,Lunsford ;
http://pearstories.org/ Transcription handouts:
Metaphor CD and directions Sept 21
Language as Sound Crystal
27. The sounds of speech
(phonetics) [projector] ORd ___ 28. The
linguistic use of sound Pat Kunder, Patty Wright 29. Suprasegmentals 6. Physical identity ORe___ 7.
Psychological identity Joe Henderson,
Kyle Cranston Chafe, 5 intonation units Sept 28 Language, Sound & Identity Chafe, *** LAB 2 METAPHOR/Transcription (Groups); computer lab 7-8 for Centra CENTRA Ppt Kecskes on our mind: graded Salience; Chinese metaphors Oct 5
Interaction – Conversation Analysis 8. Geographical identity 11. Contextual identity [projector] ORf___ 9. Ethnic and national identity Tiffany Morin, Chris Jeannot ORg___ 10.
Social identity
Matt
Ross, Lacey Burdette Roenna handout BOOKLET and Cleary
example; Labov-Hymes preview Oct 12
Language as Information
Restricted Register Chafe 9-11One New Idea, Discourse Topics, Topic
Hierarchies handout: Narrative
Editing CDs and floppies or e-files ***Roenna: Politeness/CA Lab 3 & discussion ?CENTRA? Lab reserved in case Oct 19
Language as Message TWMAPS, ROC [projector] Chafe,
15, 16 Immediate&Displaced;
Representing the Other Powerpoints: NARRATIVE and SMALL STORY and
STORY MAPS Oct 26
Literary Discourse Chafe, 17,
18 displaced immediacy 1st p, representing other 1st p ORh___ CENTRA story grammar by Dee Houser Computer
Lab 7-8 ***Narrative
Lab 4 & discussion Nov 2 Non-literary Discourse Corpus analysis workshop in the Computer lab 5.30:
words, phrases, corpora: Free Concordance Download http://www.antlab.sci.waseda.ac.jp/ Chafe, Chps 23- 24 written
paragraphs and discourse topics And browse Syrquin
2006. Registers in the Academic Writing of African American College Students. Written Comm 23: 63-90; Honeycutt 2001. Comparing E-Mail and
Synchronous Conferencing in Online Peer Response; Written Com 18, 26-60; www.stanford.edu/~rickford/ Nov 9 Overview of Linguistic Study Dist-Ed: your meetings
on your Corpus Labs as desired, followed by Centra
CENTRA
powerpoints keyed to Crystal 65
Linguistic study/historiography 51
I-E family, 54, language change, 55
pidgins and creoles ***Corpus-based
Lab 5 modals or pronouns or discourse markers or collocations or phraseology
AS YOUR CHOSEN FEATURE HELPS IDENTIFY ‘displaced immediacy’ or ‘one
new idea’ in a comparison of
chunks from impaired and non-impaired speakers. Please put in
campus mailbox by Sun Nov 16 Language across the lifespan --and there
shall be video, photos, & stories Crystal 13. Linguistic levels 14. Typology and universals 39 The first year 43. Pragmatic development 44. Language development in school Language
and Aging: the Quilty collections and the online
training Nov 30 English as lingua franca 62 language for special purposes ARTICLE http://www.international.ucla.edu/languages/heritagelanguages/journal/article.asp?parentid=3621 CENTRA
TELL ppt; English NEXT http://www.britishcouncil.org , Online English ***Dec 7: Paper due to paper
mailbox; electronic Abstract due Exam
period TBA: Reflective essay and mini-conference |