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Language, like humans, is social, and has a great deal of power in our world. It constructs how we live, function, and relate to other people. Language allows us to center ourselves in the world while we utilize it as a navigation tool, and Dr. Schnieder\u2019s course delves into that dynamic relationship. The class will be taught online, and Dr. Schneider answered some questions below explaining more about what students will do and learn in WRD 264. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. The topics of your class: language, self, and society can encompass a lot of connections and relationships, is there a primary one you are focusing on?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not a primary one, but the topics that are most prominent are these three: language variation; language and identity; language and community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Are there any primary texts or readings that will focus your class?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have a main textbook: Tamasi, S., & Antieau, L. (2015). Language and linguistic diversity in the US: An introduction<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other than that there is a diverse mix of individual readings. I also aim to integrate some or all of two recent popular books on language and culture: David Jurafsky\u2019sThe Language of Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu<\/em>, and Gretchen McCulloch\u2019s Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Main projects? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students will write a couple of informal essays, in which they reflect on language(s) in their own lives and communities; a couple of more research-based papers; and they will collaborate with peers on projects such as a discourse analysis of everyday language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Do you have any learning outcomes for your students (theoretical and practical)?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Course goals from the syllabus:<\/p>\n\n\n\n