All readings listed below (except for 1/10), should be completed before class on the date listed on the schedule. Changes to this schedule may be made during the term, but any alterations will be announced in class in advance.
| Week | Class | Assignments |
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| Unit 1: Language Development | ||
| 1 | M 1/10/22 |
Introduction In-Class Viewing: Why We Say "OK." Vox (9/12/2018) |
| W 1/12/22 |
Reading: Yule, Study of Language (hereafter SL) Chapter 1: The Origins of Language (pp. 1-8) |
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| 2 | M 1/17/22 | MLK Day--No Class |
| W 1/19/22 |
Reading: SL Chapter 16: Written Language (pp. 247-255) Quiz #1 due by 1pm In-Class Exercise #1: Development of Written English |
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| 3 | M 1/24/22 |
Reading: SL Chapter 4: The Sounds Patterns of Language (pp. 44-51) SL Chapter 17: Language History and Change (pp. 262-272) Quiz #2 due by 1pm |
| W 1/26/22 | In-Class Exercise #2: Historical Changes in English | |
| Unit 2: Language and Culture | ||
| 4 | M 1/31/22 |
Reading: SL Chapter 5: Word Formation (pp. 58-66) SL Chapter 20: Language and culture (pp. 311-321) Quiz #3 due by 1pm Analysis Assignment #1 due by midnight |
| W 2/2/22 | In-Class Exercise #3: Word Formation | |
| 5 | M 2/7/22 |
Reading: SL Chapter 18: Regional Variation in Language (pp. 279-288) SL Chapter 19: Social Variation in Language (pp. 295-305) Quiz #4 due by 1pm |
| W 2/9/22 | In-Class Exercise #4: Slang in Social Context | |
| 6 | M 2/14/22 |
Reading: SL Chapter 10: Pragmatics (pp. 149-157) SL Chapter 11: Discourse Analysis (pp. 167-177) Quiz #5 due by 1pm Reference: Excerpts from Wasike, "Framing News in 140 Characters" (online) In-Class Exercise #5: Discourse Analysis |
| W 2/16/22 | Wellness Day--No Class | |
| Unit 3: Nuts and Bolts | ||
| 7 | M 2/21/22 |
Reading: SL Chapter 6: Morphology (pp. 75-82) SL Chapter 8: Syntax (pp. 112-119) Quiz #6 due by 1pm Analysis Assignment #2 due by midnight |
| W 2/23/22 | In-Class Exercise #6: Is there a Linguistic Fingerprint? | |
| 8 | M 2/28/22 |
Reading: SL Chapter 7: Grammar (pp. 92-102) Quiz #7 due by 1pm In-Class Exercise #7: Grammar |
| W 3/2/22 |
Kolln and Gray, Rhetorical Grammar (hereafter RG) Introduction (pp. 1-3) Part I (p. 5) Chapter 1 (pp. 6-16) Homework #1 (bring to class completed) |
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| 9 | M 3/7/22 | Spring Break--No Class |
| W 3/9/22 | ||
| 10 | M 3/14/22 |
Reading: RG Chapter 2 (pp. 18-32) Homework #2: (bring to class completed) • Ex 4 #1-8 (p. 21) • Ex 5 #1-4 (p. 26) |
| W 3/16/22 | In-Class Exercise #8: Diagramming Sentence Patterns | |
| Unit 4: Your Writing | ||
| 11 | M 3/21/22 |
Reading: RG Chapter 3 (pp. 33-46) RG Chapter 4 (pp. 47-71) In-Class #9: Verbs, Coordination, Subordination |
| W 3/23/22 |
Reading: RG Chapter 13 (pp. 221-229) Homework #3 due online by midnight |
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| 12 | M 3/28/22 |
Reading: RG Chapter 5 (pp. 76-90) RG Chapter 6 (pp. 91-109) RG Chapter 7 (pp. 110-122) Homework #4: (bring completed to class) • Ex 16 (p. 78) • Ex 21 #1, 2, 4 (pp. 100-101) • Ex 22 #1-3 (p. 104) • Ex 26 #1-4 (pp. 118-119) |
| W 3/30/22 | In-Class #10: Adverbials, Adjectivals, and Nominals | |
| 13 | M 4/4/22 |
Writing Self-Analysis Homework/Preparation (complete as indicated) the counts in Exercise 15 pages 69-70 #1-9 counts in Exercise 28 pages 122 #1-4 (a, b, c under 3 are optional, but do complete 3 itself) |
| W 4/6/22 |
Workshop #1: Structure and Coherence • reverse outline • transitions • coherence and cohesion |
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| 14 | M 4/11/22 |
Workshop #2: Syntax, Patterns, and EAE • syntax • unclear pronouns/empty subjects • active/passive • audience and tone |
| W 4/13/22 | Workshop #3: Peer Review | |
| 15 | M 4/18/22 | Easter Break--No Class |
| W 4/20/22 |
Workshop #4: Diagramming Work Day Sign up for individual meetings in Week 16 |
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| 16 | M 4/25/22 | Final Project Individual Meetings (no in-class meeting) |
| W 4/27/22 | Final Project Individual Meetings (no in-class meeting) | |
| Exam Week |
Final Project due Wednesday, 5/4/22 by midnight in Canvas *late final projects cannot be accepted |
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