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Език и култура

語言與文化. Език и култура. Bahasa dan Budaya. اللغة والثقافة. भाषा और संस्कृति. Språk och Kultur. زبان و فرهنگ. לשון ותרבות. ANT 208  Language & Culture Fall 2013 TR  11:00–12:15 SB 106 Dr. Bill Alexander, Associate Professor

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Език и култура

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  1. 語言與文化 Език и култура Bahasa dan Budaya اللغة والثقافة भाषा और संस्कृति Språk och Kultur زبان و فرهنگ לשון ותרבות ANT 208  Language & Culture Fall 2013 TR  11:00–12:15 SB 106 Dr. Bill Alexander, Associate Professor Office hours: Tues. & Thurs. 3:30–4:30, Wed. 10:00-12:00 or by appointment Office 100 F (inside archaeology lab) Social & Behavioral Sciences Building Phone: 962-2227 Email: alexanderw@uncw.edu http://people.uncw.edu/alexanderw/ Language, the system of arbitrary symbols we use to encode our experience of the world and to relate to one another, is one of the most remarkable features of human culture. This course will survey key concepts, topics, debates, and controversies in the field of linguistic anthropology. In studying language as a form of symbolic communication and a primary carrier of important cultural information, linguistic anthropologists focus on the following dimensions of language use in culture and society: Sociolinguistics Bilingualism, Multilingualism Gender Ideology, Power & Politics Ethnicity Intercultural Communication Social Identity Endangered Languages Region & Social Class & Language Revitalization Linguistic Variation Environmental Knowledge Language Acquisition Cognitive Structures & Childhood Development & the Human Mind Communicative Competence Language Studies of Non-Human Primates Required Texts Susan D. Blum, editor Making Sense of Language: Readings in Culture and Communication, 2nd ed. Oxford UK: Oxford University Press (2013) K. David Harrison When Languages Die: The Extinction of the World’s Languages and the Erosion of Human Knowledge Oxford UK: Oxford University Press (2007) PDFs of eleven articles are also posted on Blackboard Мова і культура Mál og Menning 언어와 문화 Kieli ja Kulttuuri ภาษา และ วัฒนธรรม Lugha na Utamaduni Lengua y Cultura

  2. Grading and Requirements Exam 1, 9/17 25% Discussion of When Languages Die 10% Exam 2, 10/24 30% Class exercise on The Linguists video, 11/21 5% Exam 3, 12/10 30% The three exams will be taken in class and will consist of a variety of objective questions (T/F, multiple choice, fill-in-the blank, short answer, etc.) Exams will not be comprehensive. They will cover material since the previous exam. During the 11/12, 11/14/, & 11/19 class meetings, student groups will lead our discussion of the book When Languages Die. You will be given instructions on forming your groups and preparing your presentations. On 11/21 the accompanying video “The Linguists” will be shown in class and you will complete a brief exercise related to it. You are required to be an active participant in this course. Attending class and taking part in discussion is expected and is figured into your final grade. Arrive on time and don’t leave early. Use of phones is not allowed during class. Turn them off and put them away before you enter. Web surfing, texting, messaging, etc. during class is prohibited. It’s very important to complete each meeting’s assigned reading so that we can discuss it during class. Lectures will clarify the texts, but you will have difficulty if you haven’t kept up with the reading. Taking good notes is also necessary as I will often present material not in the books. I encourage you to visit me during office hours whenever you feel the need. If you can’t come during office hours, we can set an appointment. Academic dishonesty, cheating, and plagiarism of any kind will not be tolerated and will result in a failing grade (or worse…) Please familiarize yourself with the university’s academic honor code: http://www.uncw.edu/fac_handbook/responsibilities/teaching/honor_code_print.htm and the University Learning Center’s definition of and tips to avoid plagiarism: http://www.uncw.edu/stuaff/uls/Writing-plagiarism.htm Student Learning Outcomes Upon completion of this course, you will: Identify trends of globalization that have led to the rapid disappearance of much of the world’s linguistic diversity Understand the methods and motivations of those working to preserve endangered local languages Recognize what is lost when such languages disappear: local knowledge embedded in language that has importance for all of humankind (for example, environmental knowledge, inventories of the world’s biodiversity, and unique cognitive systems that expand our understanding of the human mind) Demonstrate knowledge of the ways in which intercultural communication presents potential misunderstandings, conflicts, and problems between members of different speech communities Recognize how an understanding of these differences in linguistic-based cultural frames of reference and styles of communicative competence can overcome such challenges and make intercultural communication an opportunity for conflict-resolution both within multi-lingual societies and across national borders Identify and analyze the ways in which gender norms, roles, and expectations are expressed, reproduced, and resisted through language use and language ideology

  3. Recognize and think critically about how ethnic identification is expressed through language and positioned in support of or in opposition to dominant ideology or public policies regarding the use of language Understand the social and political origins, functions, and consequences of linguistic diversity at the regional level within nation-states Appreciate how a relativistic view of this global diversity in gender, ethnicity, and region promotes acceptance and tolerance of language-based cultural differences. Course Schedule Thur. 8/22 Introduction to the Class COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE & LANGUAGE AS SOCIAL ACTION Tues. 8/27 Blackboard: Cheryl Wharry “Amen and Hallelujah Preaching: Discourse Function in African American Sermons” Language in Society (2003) 32:203-225; Yanrong Chang Courtroom Questioning as a Culturally Situated Persuasive Genre of Talk” Discourse and Society (2004) 15(6): 705-722 Thur. 8/29 Blum: Guy Cook and Tony Walter “Rewritten Rites: Language and Social Relations in Traditional and Contemporary Funerals” pp. 502-517; Katharine Young “Narrative Embodiments: Enclaves of the Self in the Realm of Medicine” pp. 518-525 LANGUAGE IDEOLOGY & INSTITUTIONAL ENCOUNTERS Tues. 9/3 Blum: Benjamin Bailey “Communication of Respect in Interethnic Service Encounters” pp. 527-543; Chaise LaDousa “On Mother and Other Tongues: Sociolinguistics, Schools, and Language Ideology in Northern India” pp. 544-558 Thur. 9/5Blackboard: Don Kulick “Anger, Gender, Language Shift, and the Politics of Revelation in a Papua New Guinean Village” (425-434) Tues. 9/10 Blackboard: Rosina Lippi-Green “Accent, Standard Language Ideology, and Discriminatory Pretext in the Courts” Language in Society (1994) 23: 163-198; Laura Polich “Orality: Another Language Ideology” (451-457) Thur. 9/12 Blum: Keith H. Basso “’To Give Up on Words’: Silence in Western Apache Culture” pp. 559-567 Blackboard: Richard Bauman “Let Your Words Be Few: Speaking and Silence in Quaker Ideology” (458-465) Tues. 9/17 EXAM #1

  4. REGION & SOCIAL CLASS Thurs. 9/19 Blum: William A. Kretschmar Jr. “Regional Dialects” pp. 357-371 Tues. 9/24 Blum: William Labov “Social Stratification of (r) in New York City Department Stores” pp. 333-346 Thurs. 9/26 Blackboard: Dennis R. Preston “They Speak Really Bad English Down South and in New York City” (227-233) Blum: Deborah Tannen “New York Jewish Conversational Styles” pp. 347-356 RACE & ETHNICITY Tues. 10/1 Blum: John R. Rickford “Suite for Ebony and Phonics” pp. 372-377 Thur. 10/3 Blackboard: Mary Bucholtz “The Whiteness of Nerds: Substandard English and Racial Markedness” Journal of Linguistic Anthropology (2001) 11(1):84-100 Blum: H. Samy Alim “Hip Hop Nation Language” pp. 378-390 Tues. 10/8 Blackboard: Rusty Barrett “Language Ideology and Racial Inequality: Competing Functions of Spanish in an Anglo-Owned Mexican Restaurant” Language in Society (2006) 35:163-204 Blum: Richard Rodriguez “Aria” pp. 391-400 Thurs. 10/10 FALL BREAK GENDER Tues. 10/15 Blum: William M. O’Barr and Bowman K. Atkins “ ‘Women’s Language’ or ‘Powerless Language’? “ pp. 305-311; Scott Fabius Kiesling “Power and the Language of Men” pp. 317-327 Thur. 10/17 Blum: Kira Hall “ ‘Unnatural’ Gender in Hindi” pp. 418-433; William Leap “Language, Socialization, and Silence in Gay Adolescence“ pp. 434-442 Tues. 10/22 Blum: Alexandra D’Arcy “Like and Language Ideology: Disentangling Fact from Fiction” pp. 443-458; Scott Kiesling “Dude” pp. 459-472 Thur. 10/24 EXAM #2 THE MIND: LANGUAGE, CULTURAL MEANING, ETHNOSCIENCE Tues. 10/29 Blum: Ferdinand de Saussure “Nature of the Linguistic Sign” pp. 16-19; Benjamin Lee Whorf “The Relation of Habitual Thought and Behavior to Language” pp. 43-54 Thurs. 10/31 Blackboard: Dorothy Lee “Codifications of Reality: Lineal and Nonlineal” (84-91) Blum: George Lakoff and Mark Johnson “Metaphors We Live By” pp. 55-57 Tues. 11/5 Blackboard: Steven Pinker “How Language Works” (25-35) Thur. 11/7 Blum: Stephen C. Levinson “Language and Mind: Let’s Get the Issues Straight” pp. 58-68 Harrison: When Languages Die Chapter 1 “A World of Many (Fewer) Voices” pp. 3 - 21

  5. LANGUAGE ENDANGERMENT AND REVITALIZATION Tues. 11/12 Harrison: Chapter 2 “An Extinction of (Ideas about) Species”; Case Study: Vanishing Herds and Reindeer Words ; Chapter 3 “Many Moons Ago: Traditional Calendars and Time-Reckoning” Case Study: Nomads of Western Mongolia Thur. 11/14 Harrison: Chapter 4 “An Atlas of the Mind”; Case Study: Wheel of Fortune and a Blessing; Chapter 5 “Silent Storytellers, Lost Legends” Case Study: New Rice versus Old Knowledge Tues. 11/19 Harrison: Chapter 6 “Endangered Number Systems: Counting to Twenty on Your Toes”; Case Study: The Leaf-Cup People, India’s Modern “Primitives”; Chapter 7 “Worlds Within Worlds” Thur. 11/21 in-class exercise and viewing of “The Linguists” (video about the work of Harrison & his research partner) Dr. Alexander will be at the American Anthropological Association (AAA) annual meeting in Chicago LANGUAGE SOCIALIZATION, EDUCATION, & MULTILINGUALISM Tues 11/26 Blum: Elinor Ochs and Bambi B. Schieffelin “Language Acquisition and Socialization: Three Developmental Stories and Their Implications” pp. 71- 95; Shirley Brice Heath “What No Bedtime Story Means: Narrative Skills at Home and at School” pp. 96-114 Thurs 11/28 THANKSGIVING Tues. 12/3 Blum: Edwin L. Battistella “Bad Language—Bad Citizens” pp. 217-228; Y. Immaculada M. García-Sánchez “Serious Games: Code-Switching and Gendered Identities in Moroccan Immigrant Girls’ Pretend Play” pp. 260-279 EXAM # 3 Tuesday December 10th 11:30

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