What questions would you have for a Deaf community member about this concept if given the opportunity to interview them in person.

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Explore two of the below concepts and demonstrate your knowledge and insight gained from that exploration:

Audism (Tom Humphries, 1975)
Deafhood (Paddy Ladd, 1993)
Deaf Space (Hansel Bauman, mid-2000s)
Deaf Gain (Aaron Williamson, mid-2000s)
Deaf Ecosystem (Kelby Brick, late-2000s)

Directions: Once you select two concepts, begin researching these concepts until you have a sufficient understanding of what it means and you feel comfortable with your ability to discuss the impact of learning these concepts has on you as a hearing individual.

Your research should include both text and videos. Many videos in ASL on YouTube are captioned

Ensure that your resources include multiple perspectives and not just one.

The goal is to explore these concepts from the lens of the Deaf community while considering your own personal lens.

Identify the two concepts chosen :

Define these concepts in your own words based on your research (define it in a way that someone who has not yet researched the concept would understand):

List at least three resources per concept used to develop your definition (use direct links, book titles, etc. – text and video must be included):

Describe how these concepts is signed amongst the Deaf community:

In your own words describe how learning about these concepts has helped you to gain perspective of Deaf culture and the Deaf community:

What questions would you have for a Deaf community member about this concept if given the opportunity to interview them in person (include a minimum of three questions per concept):

Provide examples to support your descriptions of changes and development, and explain internal and external factors for such changes and development.

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Write an overview of the English language history from Old English to World Englishes, focusing on distinctive morphological/syntactic (grammar) features of different eras, which demonstrate the developmental direction of changes in English from a synthetic to analytic language*. That is, use the evolving of English from a synthetic to analytic language as the leitmotiv/trend for framing your answer.

Provide examples to support your descriptions of changes and development, and explain internal and external factors for such changes and development. Remember that you are not expected to write an exhaustive book of the English language history, but a selective, concise summery of it, in order to construct your own narrative of how English has evolved over time. You need to provide the sources of the details you present: if they are from McIntyre (the textbook), provide page numbers; if they are from other sources, provide them in the reference list.

Discuss Modern Family Same Sex Conversation.

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Discuss Modern Family Same Sex Conversation.

How many morphemes are there in the word “southernmost,” and what are they? If there are any affixes, write whether they are inflectional or derivational.

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1. How many morphemes are there in the word “southernmost,” and what are they? If there are any affixes, write whether they are inflectional or derivational.
2. How many morphemes are there in the word “log cabins”, and what are they? If there are any affixes, write whether they are inflectional or derivational.
3. Consider the following groups of words: (a) writer, painter, singer; (b) plumber, barber, butcher. Would you say that the -er in each of these words is the same morpheme? Why or why not?

Describe several ways in which it differs from other varieties of English in terms of its phonology, morphology, vocabulary, or syntax.

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Select a recognized dialect or variety of American English and prepare a report on it. It may be a regional, social, or stylistic variant. Good choices include AAVE, Gullah, regional variants (e.g., Appalachian English, New York English), Standard English, or English variants associated with particular ethnic or religious groups. Prepare an 800 word report on this dialect, based on reliable linguistic sources (not newspaper or magazine articles, unless they’re citing professional linguists). Your report should address at least the following:
Where, when, and/or by whom is this variety spoken? How does the speech community differ from other American speech communities? What makes it a cohesive group?
How did the dialect develop? Is it a prestige variety or a stigmatized variety?
Describe several ways in which it differs from other varieties of English in terms of its phonology, morphology, vocabulary, or syntax.
List a few interesting lexical items that are specific to this dialect.

Explain in a few lines what the difference is in the presuppositions of sentences in (a)-(c) and those in (d)-(f).

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Question 1 [3 points; 150 words]

The following two groups of sentences differ in an important way in their sets of presuppositions. Explain in a few lines what the difference is in the presuppositions of sentences in (a)-(c) and those in (d)-(f).

(a) I feel sorry that it rains

(b) I know that it rains

(c) I remember that it rains

(d) I hope that it rains

(e) I deny that it rains

(f) I think that it rains

Question 2 [4 points; 300 words]

Consider the following sentence:

(g) Everyone knew that stress caused ulcers, before two Australian doctors in the early 80s proved that ulcers are not caused by stress, but by a bacterial infection.

Describe why this sentence can be considered a problem for the analysis of the verb to know (which you discussed in the previous question). Your answer should contain the terms presupposition, and contradiction.
Next, try to find a solution for this problem by re-analyzing the presuppositions triggered by know, that explains why sentence (g) is acceptable, but doesn’t dismiss our understanding of sentences (a)-(c). Discuss pros and cons of your solution [Multiple answers to this last point are possible and it’s a hard question;

Question 3 [4 points]

Use meaning postulates to represent the semantic relations between the following pairs of words. Briefly motivate your answer.

(h) true — false

(i) knowing something — thinking something

(j) hotdog — sandwich

(k) chasing (someone) — fleeing (from someone)

Question 4 [4 points]

Translate the following sentences into logical formulae

(l) Dogs don’t have horns.

(m) If Harry isn’t nice to Megan, Megan is sad.

(n) The instructor of LIN237 likes all students who take LIN237.

(o) If someone cheats, everyone suffers.

Describe why this sentence can be considered a problem for the analysis of the verb to know

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Question 2 [4 points; 300 words]
Consider the following sentence:
(g) Everyone knew that stress caused ulcers, before two Australian doctors in the early 80s proved that ulcers are not caused by stress, but by a bacterial infection.
Describe why this sentence can be considered a problem for the analysis of the verb to know (which you discussed in the previous question). Your answer should contain the terms presupposition, and contradiction. Next, try to find a solution for this problem by re-analyzing the presuppositions triggered by know, that explains why sentence (g) is acceptable, but doesn’t dismiss our understanding of sentences (a)-(c). Discuss pros and cons of your solution [Multiple answers to this last point are possible and it’s a hard question;
Question 3 [4 points]
Use meaning postulates to represent the semantic relations between the following pairs of words. Briefly motivate your answer.
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How are power relationships in the cités related to patterns of language use?

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Write a 1000 word critical book review on the book Transcultural Teens: Performing Youth Identities in French Cites by Chantal Tetreault. Use the citation style of AAA (Chicago).
Your book review should be a critical evaluation of the content of the text:

Above all, a review makes an argument. The most important element of a review is that it is a commentary, not merely a summary. It allows you to enter into dialogue and discussion with the work’s creator and with other audiences. You can offer agreement or disagreement and identify where you find the work exemplary or deficient in its knowledge, judgments, or organization. You are not criticizing the work or the author, but evaluating how this work illuminates the relationship between language and culture as well as the ideas presented and how they fit in with concepts in linguistic anthropology that you have learned in class. You should clearly state your opinion of the work in question, and that statement should resemble other types of academic writing, with a thesis statement/argument, supporting body paragraphs, and a conclusion (keep in mind that conclusions should be longer than 3-4 sentences).
Your review should include your reaction to the work, expressed in a scholarly manner as a critique. Summary should be kept to a minimum, and specific details from the book used to support each point/argument that you make.

Some questions that you should consider:
-How does this case study illustrate some of the concepts about language that you have learned about in class? (Think about gender, race, class, etc.) Discuss specific themes that Tetreault identifies within a theoretical context.
-How are power relationships in the cités related to patterns of language use?
-How does way that language is used in the cités fit into the context of a larger social/cultural/economic milieu?
-How does language use in the cités express and negotiate identity?
-How does culture/language change and globalization fit into this study?
-How does a linguistic anthropological perspective enhance our understanding of this community?
-How effective or persuasive is the author’s argument?
-How did it enhance your understanding of the issues at hand?

Write a reflection about morphology (the structure of words) and how English morphology differs from other languages.

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Write a reflection about morphology (the structure of words) and how English morphology differs from other languages. Discuss why your knowledge of morphology will be valuable in teaching English language learners.

Write a reflection (ca 300 words) on what you consider are the strengths as well as the weaknesses/areas of improvement.

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Research Essay; Gender Bias in Sports Commentary – the CrossFit Games.pdf
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Write a reflection (ca 300 words) on what you consider are the strengths as well as the weaknesses/areas of improvement. Focus particularly on the aim/research questions, method & material, presentation and analysis of results, structure, argumentation, and use of secondary sources.