An hour with Paul Ekman

Paul Ekman on Emblems

Assignments

Due by the beginning of class on Monday, April 19th

32.  Answer questions 11-21 about chapter eleven in the textbook (pp. 342-343)

Due by midnight on Sunday, April 18th

31.  Watch the one-hour interview with Paul Ekman on the course website and make a list of 5-10 things you learned about kinesics from watching the video clip.  E-mail your list to me.

Due by the beginning of class on Wednesday, April 14th
32.  Post two separate e-mails in which you report on a violation of two of Grice's maxims of conversation.  You may commit the violation yourself or you may observe someone else committing it.  Describe the context of the occurrence (setting, characters), the occurrence itself (with quotes--to the extent that this is possible), and your feelings/thoughts about it.

Due by the beginning of class on Monday, April 12th
30.  Answer questions 1-10 about chapter eleven in the textbook (pp. 341-342)


Due by the beginning of class on Wednesday, April 7th.
** Term paper.

Wednesday, April 7th.

29.  Answer questions 32-39 about chapter eight in the textbook (pp. 261-262)

Monday, April 5th.
28.  Answer questions 23-31 about chapter eight in the textbook (p. 261).

Wednesday, March 31st.
27.  Answer questions 14-22 about chapter eight in the textbook (pp. 260-261).

Monday, March 29th
26.  Answer questions 1-13 about chapter eight in the textbook (pp. 259-260)


Friday, March 26th
25.  Write two versions of a 250-word story or dramatic dialogue in which the narrator or one of the characters expresses anger or desire.  Each version should be written in a way that communicates something different about the speaker/writer's social identity (age, education, degree of formality, gender, etc.) and/or feeling about the events described in the narration.  In class, I mistakenly said that this assignment was due on Monday the 22nd.

Wednesday, March 24th
24.  Answer questions 33-44 about chapter six in the textbook (pp. 187-188)

Monday, March 22nd

23.  Answer questions 11-32 about chapter six in the textbook (pp. 186-187)

Wednesday, March 10th
22.  Answer questions 1-10 at the end of chapter six in the textbook (page 186).


Monday, March 8th: Vote for Best Dramatic Monologue or Scene

21. Email me your vote for the best dramatic dialect monologue or scene.

Wednesday, March 3: Midterm Exam (Sociolinguistics, Cultural Anthropology, Phonetics, Phonology)

Due by the stroke of midnight on Friday, February 26th.

20. E-mail a dramatic monologue or dramatic scenario to sbenton@ecok.edu. The scenario should employ a regional dialect with which you are familiar (you may use terms that have been added to the glossaries we have been creating). If you write a monologue, Tell a story--perhaps one you have heard a relative or friend tell before. If you choose to write a dramatic scenario, try to avoid the cliche of beginning with greetings. Consider starting in the middle of a situation and setting that may be described with a few brief lines (written in Standard Edited American English). The scenario should include at least one speaker who employs a regional dialect.

Whichever option you choose:

a) Include a clever or intriguing title.

b) Try to grab your readers' attention with a dramatic opening.

c) Consider giving an unusual twist to the story 1/2 of 2/3 through it.

d) Don't make language itself the subject of the text.

The best entrants may be awarded extra credit on the midterm exam (details to come).

Due by the beginning of class on Wednesday, February 24th

19. Complete Exercise 3 (#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6) on pages 79-70; and fill in the blank on Review sentences 17-23 on page 85.

Due by the beginning of class on Monday, February 22nd.

18. Complete Exercise 1 (#1, #2 and #3--not #4) on pages 68-69; Exercise 2 (#1, #2) on pages 76-77; and fill in the blank on Review sentences 1-16 on pages 84-85.

Due by the beginning of class on Wednesday, February 17th.
**Let me know which of the term paper options you will choose.

17. Complete exercises 1, 2, 3 and 4 on page 40; 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 on pages 46-47; and 2, 3 and 5 on page 60.
Due by the beginning of class on Monday, February 15th.
16. Leave a comment on the Another take on Sapir-Whorf post.
15. 3rd contribution to either the Glossary of Regionalisms or the "Thanks, AAVE!" Glossary on this blog (leave a comment).
Due by the beginning of class on Monday, February 8th
14. Complete exercises 2, 3, and 4 on page 38 of A Concise Introduction to Linguistics.
13. 2nd contribution to either the Glossary of Regionalisms or the "Thanks, AAVE!" Glossary on this blog (leave a comment).


Due by the beginning of class on Wednesday, February 3rd

12. Read Chapter 2 in A Concise Introduction to Linguistics and answer questions 1-25 at the end of the chapter (58-59).

Due by the beginning of class on Monday, February 1st.
11. Read excerpt on "Sapir-Whorf Theory" from The Language Instinct. Come to class on Monday ready to discuss it.
10. Contribute to "Thanks, AAVE!" Glossary on this blog (leave a comment).
9. Contribute to Glossary of Regionalisms on this blog (leave a comment).
8. Take the linguistic profiling quiz (link on this blog).

Due by the beginning of class on Wednesday, January 27th.
7. Read the rest of Chapter 7 in A Concise Introduction to Linguistics and answer questions 26-55 at the end of the chapter.

Due by the beginning of class on Monday, January 25th.
6. Read the beginning of Chapter 7 in A Concise Introduction to Linguistics (189-201) and answer questions 1-25 at the end of the chapter.

Due before class on Wednesday, January 20th
5. Take the online quizzes "Are you a Yankee or are you a Rebel?" and the "Advanced Rebel-Yankee" Test." Listen to a 4-minute interview with the creator of the quizzes. Click here for further instructions.
4. Check out the 35 "quaint Southernisms" collected by Dr. Beard. Give yourself 3 points for terms you use frequently, 2 points for terms you use occasionally, and 1 point for terms you don't use yourself but grew up hearing. Click here for further instructions.
3. Share your thoughts on the questions included in the post on the other side of this link.
2. Explore the website associated with the "Do you Speak American?" documentary that we began to watch in class on Wednesday. Click here for further instructions.

Due before class on Wednesday, January 13th
1. Make a post in which you reflect on your views on language, accent or dialect. Approximately 200 words.

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