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ANT 253H: Language and Society
2016
INSTRUCTOR:
M. Danesi (416-585-4412) e-mail: [email protected]: Birge Carnegie, 26
TAs:
Maria Martika ([email protected]) -HEADSalvatore Giusto ([email protected]) Jonah Russell ([email protected])
TEXTBOOK:
M. Danesi, Language, Society, and New Media: Sociolinguistics Today (New York: Routledge, 2015)
GRADING:
2 In-class tests: 50% (October 20, )Test 1: 25%, Test 2: 25%Final essay: 50% (Due: one week after classes end)Additional Readings will be posted on Portal when required
FINAL ESSAY TOPICS:
(1) Study of any aspect of the relation between language structure and society(2) Study of any aspect of slang and its relation to society(3) Study of any aspect of metaphor and its relation to cognition or culture(4) Study of any aspect of linguistic relativity (5) A cross-cultural comparison of any of the above(6) Study of any aspect of the relation of language to culture(7) Study of any aspect of dialect variation(8) Analysis of any aspect of Internet language or text-messaging(9) Any other topic
NOTE: Essays suspected of plagiarism will be assessed according to the university policy regarding plagiarism. The policy can be found at www.artsci.utoronto.ca/osai/students.
LATE PENALTY: A late penalty of one percentage point per day will be used for late essays unless a valid reason is provided and permission granted by the instructor.
OUTLINE:(Tuesday 6-8)
(1) Week of September 15Intro
(2) Week of September 22Language and Society
(3) Week of September 29Variation in Geographical Space
(4) Week of October 6Variation in Social Space
(5) Week of October 13Language, Personality, and Identity
(6) Week of October 20TEST 1
(7) Week of October 27Conversation and Discourse: TA LECTURE
(8) Week of November 3 Writing
(9) Week of November 10FALL BREAK
(10) Week of November 17Cognition and Culture- part 1
(11) Week of November 24Cognition and Culture- part 2
(12) Week of November 30Overview
(13) December 8
TEST 2ESSAY: Due one week after classes end