Something to think about . . .

Deeply.

Today's Final Linguistic Experience will begin at 11:30 in Faust 159.

Not 11:00, as mentioned in class last week.

Handshake wars

Click here to see a video on the Trump handshake. Submitted by Cody Baggerly, in honor of our class discussion about non-verbal communication.

Manspreading

Thanks for the link, Karina Tarpey!

Non-Verbal Expressions of Power and Dominance

More on the speaker, Dr. Amy Cuddy.

Yorkshire English

No Reading Journal Assignment due April 16

Because I was unable to get a pdf copy of Lee Pedersen's "Dialects" onto the course website before the weekend. I am postponing the "Dialects" assignment. No reading journal assignment is due Sunday, April 16th.

Sound and Fury

Thoughts through minute 44:50?

Linguistics In-Class Presentation

25% of your grade in this class is based on an Academic Paper and an in-class presentation. The paper is worth 15% of your grade. It should be 5-6 pages in length and is due one week after in-class presentation. The in-class presentation is worth 10% of your grade. It should be 10-15 minute in length. Each student must meet with the instructor to rehearse presentation at least one week prior to assigned presentation day. You will not be graded on your rehearsal, but your global score for the in-class presentation may be affected if you do not schedule a rehearsal or do not come to the rehearsal fully prepared.

One-third of your in-class presentation should cover your assigned text. You do not need to cover every aspect of the assigned text. Just cover the aspects that you are concentrating on. Two-thirds of your in-class presentation should cover new material. Make sure that your sources are reliable by academic standards. I expect most in-class presentation to include a PowerPoint, but this is not strictly required. You may include handouts or activities that require student participation. You may show video clips (but no more than five minutes).

Simply put, your challenge is this:  learn something valuable and communicate clearly.

Your presentation will be scored 1-5, for each of the criteria specified below, using the following scale:

5—excellent; 4—commendable; 3—satisfactory; 2—notable deficiencies; 1—inadequate

Name of student:                                                                   

Score	Communication
	1. Description of material is clear, logical, and easy to follow
	2. Presentation is clearly rehearsed, polished and demonstrates attention to detail
Areas of strength
Areas of potential development
Score	Content
	3. Demonstrates awareness of complexities of issue under discussion.
	4. Provides valuable new material that is relevant to the issues discussed in the assigned text.
Areas of strength
Areas of potential development

Global Score (1-10):                                        (need not be an average or a sum of the four scores listed above)

No class meeting on Friday, March 10th

Please remember that we will not have our regularly scheduled class meeting on Friday, March 10th. Consequently, your next homework assignment is due by 2 p.m. on Friday instead of 11 p.m. on Thursday night.

Have a great break!

Broca's and Wernicke's Aphasia

Broca's Aphasia:
Individuals with Broca's aphasia frequently speak short, meaningful phrases that are produced with great effort. Broca's aphasia is thus characterized as a nonfluent aphasia.
Those who have Broca's aphasia have mild difficulty with auditory comprehension.


Wernicke's Aphasia:
Individuals with Wernicke's aphasia may speak in long sentences that have no meaning, add unnecessary words, and even create new "words" (neologisms).
Their auditory comprehension is defective.

African American Vernacular English

Rickford: "Suite for Ebony and Phonics"

John R. Rickford

So you've read "Suite for Ebony and Phonics" by John Rickford. Thoughts?

Wolfram and Schilling-Estes: Standards and Vernaculars

So you've read Wolfram and Schilling-Estes (that's Walt above, Schilling-Estes below).  Thoughts on something other than the relative size of the photos of them that I was able to locate online?

Speech Communities, Speech Identities

Claiming Shakespeare for America?

Don't miss these reads:
Did the Bard speak American?
A Linguist Explains British Accents of Yore

Another take on Shakespearean vs. Contemporary English

Neologisms on the chain wax

Roberts: Speech Communities"

So you've read "Speech Communities" by Paul M. Roberts.

Thoughts?

Chaika: "Pragmatics: Discourse Routines"

So you've read ""Pragmatics: Discourse Routines" by Elaine Chaika (#17)

Thoughts?

Crystal: Why a Global Language?

So you've read "Why a Global Language?" by David Crystal.

Thoughts?