{"id":8,"date":"2011-01-07T19:15:42","date_gmt":"2011-01-08T00:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ling.bu.edu\/blogs\/lx340s11\/"},"modified":"2011-04-24T15:37:49","modified_gmt":"2011-04-24T20:37:49","slug":"schedule","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/ling-blogs.bu.edu\/lx340s11\/schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Note: the following schedule is subject to change.<\/p>\n

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Week<\/th>\nDate<\/th>\nTopic<\/th>\nReading<\/th>\nAssignments<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nW 1\/19<\/td>\nCourse Overview; Requirements<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
F 1\/21<\/td>\nLanguage, grammar, and identity<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nM 1\/24<\/td>\nIs French a logical language?<\/td>\nLgMyths<\/em> 4, 14<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W 1\/26<\/td>\nMultilingualism, minority languages, and language policy<\/td>\nGrosjean 1982, Ch. 1<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
F 1\/28<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nM 1\/31<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W 2\/2<\/td>\nLanguage policy in America: The Official English movement<\/td>\nDraper & Jimenez 1992;
\nHayakawa 1992;
\nShumway1992<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
F 2\/4<\/td>\nASL and deaf education<\/td>\nPerlmutter 1986, 1991<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nM 2\/7<\/td>\nLanguage policy in America: The Official English movement<\/td>\nNunberg 1997;
\nRodriguez 1980<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W 2\/9<\/td>\nAre some languages more complex than others?<\/td>\nLgMyths<\/em> 10, 19;
\nMacauley podcast<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
F 2\/11<\/td>\nPidgins, creoles, and complexity<\/td>\nBickerton 1983<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nM 2\/14<\/td>\nPaper #1 due<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W 2\/16<\/td>\nLanguage death and language revitalization<\/td>\nKrauss 1992; Hale 1992<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
F 2\/18<\/td>\nIn-Class Quiz #1<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nTu 2\/22<\/td>\nNo Class<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W 2\/23<\/td>\nLanguage death and language revitalization
\n(Guest lecturer: Prof. Cathy O’Connor)<\/td>\n		McCloskey 2007;
\nZepeda & Hill 1991<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
F 2\/25<\/td>\nThe Linguists<\/em> (documentary film)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nM 2\/28<\/td>\nLegal language and the myth of precision<\/td>\nSolan 1993, Intro, Ch. 1<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W 3\/2<\/td>\nResolving structural ambiguities: “Canons of construction”<\/td>\nSolan 1993, Ch. 2 (28-38)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
F 3\/4<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nM 3\/7<\/td>\nAdverbs and the Rule of Lenity<\/td>\nSolan 1993, Ch. 3 (64-76)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W 3\/9<\/td>\nPronouns and the law<\/td>\nSolan 1993, Ch. 2 (38-45)<\/td>\nPaper #2 due Th 3\/10<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
F 3\/11<\/td>\nNo Class <\/strong><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spring Break (Sa 3\/12 – Su 3\/20)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nM 3\/21<\/td>\nWhat is said vs. what is meant: perjury, defamation, and literal meaning<\/td>\nDevlin 1997, Ch. 9 (208-235)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W 3\/23<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
F 3\/25<\/td>\nSolan & Tiersma 2005, Ch. 11<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nM 3\/28<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W 3\/30<\/td>\nIn-class Quiz #2<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
F 4\/1<\/td>\nDoing things with words<\/td>\nAustin 1956\/1961<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nM 4\/4<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W 4\/6<\/td>\nNo Class<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
F 4\/8<\/td>\n“Consensual” searches<\/td>\nSolan & Tiersma 2005, Ch. 3<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nM 4\/11<\/td>\nIs the English language in decline? And who’s to blame?<\/td>\nSimon 1980a;
\nLgMyths<\/em> 8, 12<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W 4\/13<\/td>\nStandardization, prescriptivism, and the development of Standard English<\/td>\nMilroy & Milroy 1999, Ch. 1, 2<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
F 4\/15<\/td>\nPaper #3 due<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\nW 4\/20<\/td>\nMaintaining the standard: Language guardians<\/td>\nNunberg 1983;
\nSimon 1980b excerpt #1<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Th 4\/21<\/td>\nNon-standard dialects in the classroom: The Oakland Ebonics controversy<\/td>\nEbonics primary doc\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcs;
\nRaspberry 1996;
\nCleaver 1997<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
F 4\/22<\/td>\nPullum 1999<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\nM 4\/25<\/td>\nIn-class quiz #3<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W 4\/27<\/td>\nMore on the grammar of AAVE<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
F 4\/29<\/td>\nSplit infinitives, stranded prepositions, and other grammatical \u00e2\u20ac\u0153horrors\u00e2\u20ac\u0153<\/td>\nLgMyths<\/em> 1, 16;
\nSimon 1980b excerpt #2<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\nM 5\/2<\/td>\nPullum 2010<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W 5\/4<\/td>\nCourse Wrap-up; Evaluations<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\nW 5\/11<\/td>\nPaper #4 due (at 5pm)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n
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Note: the following schedule is subject to change. Week Date Topic Reading Assignments 1 W 1\/19 Course Overview; Requirements F 1\/21 Language, grammar, and identity 2 M 1\/24 Is French a logical language? LgMyths 4, 14 W 1\/26 Multilingualism, minority languages, and language policy Grosjean 1982, Ch. 1 F 1\/28 3 M 1\/31 W 2\/2 …<\/p>\n

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