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Linguistics in the Comics: Designing a Curriculum for a Freshmen Introductory Seminar

Linguistics in the Comics: Designing a Curriculum for a Freshmen Introductory Seminar. Melissa Carvell Intern for Dr. Arnold Zwicky and Dr. Elizabeth Traugott 9/28/2012. Internship Goals. Personal Learn what goes into constructing a curriculum

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Linguistics in the Comics: Designing a Curriculum for a Freshmen Introductory Seminar

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  1. Linguistics in the Comics: Designing a Curriculum for a Freshmen Introductory Seminar Melissa Carvell Intern for Dr. Arnold Zwicky and Dr. Elizabeth Traugott 9/28/2012

  2. Internship Goals • Personal • Learn what goes into constructing a curriculum • Use my experiences as a student to make the course interesting to other students • Professional • Help design a draft curriculum for an introductory linguistics course focusing on language of comics • Assignments • Course flow • Source material • Themes/Topics

  3. First Task – Categorizing & Labeling • Add descriptors to specific comics • Usually already-in-use descriptors (from Arnold) • 17 inventories each of a different comic strip • Example: Negation, Semantics, Syntax, Interpretation

  4. Researching Theoretical Foundations • The reading: “Logic and Conversation” by Paul Grice • Key points: • Coop. Principle – say the right thing at the right time • Maxim of Quality – don’t lie • Maxim of Quantity – say the right amount • Maxim of Relevance – be relevant (to conversation) • Maxim of Manner – don’t be vague/ambiguous

  5. Researching Continued • The best comic for the paper: • Cooperative Principle • All Maxims (Quality, Quantity, Relevance, Manner)

  6. Topics of Interest • Note all interesting topics and then trim list Language & Technology Language & Society Variation

  7. More Interesting Topics Taboo language Morphology Semantics

  8. Finding Comics – Efficiency & How-To • Tried finding relevant comics online • Testing viability • Very time-consuming! • Made explanatory handout • Still lots of time • Decided likely not to have students find comics for assignments

  9. Final Task – Integrated Schedule and Assignments • Front-loaded course with interesting topics • Final paper/presentation idea generation • Time management for quarter • Assignments • Start easy then get harder/more involved • Some related to final paper/presentation • Week 3 – initial thoughts • Week 5 – decide on topic; small proposal • Week 7 – progress update

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