LINGUISTIC SPRING, 2012: (Please see the Master Schedule for times, days & location of the following courses.) ANTH E291.801 / Special Topic: Language and New Media Professor: Thor Sawin       (3 Credits) Fulfills 3 hrs. of the 9 hr. Social Science Distribution Requirement OR Fulfills the Linguistics Requirement for the Anthropology Major Cross-listed with LING E405N.801 and JOUR E463N.801 NOTE: This is an Accelerated Course Begins: 01/09 Ends: 02/27 Course Description: The course analyzes language use in “New Media.”   By looking at data from/studies about Facebook, Twitter, and others, as well as messaging and smart phone apps, students will appreciate the tension between varieties of language, the role of language in constructing on-line identities, rhetorical effects of language choices, and issues of ideology. ANTH 373.001 / Intro. To Language Science (3 credits) Cross-listed with LING 300 and PSYC 470 Fulfills 3 hrs. of the 9 hr. Social Science Distribution Requirement OR Fulfills the Linguistic Requirement for the Anthropology Major Course Description:             Introduction to the linguistic component of human cognition. Properties of speech, the             organization of language in the mind/brain, cross-linguistic universals, child language             acquisition, and aspects of adult language processing. ANTH 373.002 / Intro. To Language Science (3 credits) Cross-listed with LING 300 and PSYC 470 Fulfills 3 hrs. of the 9 hr. Social Science Distribution Requirement OR Fulfills the Linguistic Requirement for the Anthropology Major Course Description:             Introduction to the linguistic component of human cognition. Properties of speech, the             organization of language in the mind/brain, cross-linguistic universals, child language             acquisition, and aspects of adult language processing. ANTH 442.001 / African-American English Professor: Tracy Weldon (3 Credits) Cross-listed with LING 442, AFAM 442 & ENGL 457 Fulfills 3 hrs. of the 9 hr. Social Science Distribution Requirement OR Fulfills the Linguistics Requirement for the Anthropology Major Course Description: Linguistic examination of the structure, history, and use of African-American English, as             well as literary presentations, language attitudes, and issues relating to education and the acquisition of Standard English.