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Course name
ANTH382 Language Change
Institution
Sonoma State University
Instructor
Richard J Senghas
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Linguistics
Course dates
2021-08-18 00:00:00 UTC – 2021-12-10 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
25


This course examines language change across time, space, and social circumstances, from a linguistic anthropology approach. Beginning with the evolutionary origins of human communication and language, the course reviews the physiological, neurological, and cognitive aspects of language. Next, protolanguage reconstruction, cladistic studies, and various forms of glottochronology are introduced to help understand the origins and relationships of various language families. Historical language change will lead to studies of language contact, shift, and extinction, with a special emphasis on language preservation and revitalization.

For their semester-long Wikipedia project, students will substantively edit an existing article or develop a new article on a topic in one of three categories relevant to the course: 1) a biographical article on a linguist from an underrepresented demographic in the linguistic literature, including that scholar's major linguistic and related contributions; 2) an article focusing on formal linguistic analyses documenting language change and its effects (including sociocultural effects) in a specific language or set of languages; or 3) an article documenting a specific language preservation/revitalization project, including some discussion of the relevant formal linguistics and sociopolitical/ethnographic.

Students will start by making minor edits in existing Wikipedia articles (such as copyediting tasks, or recasting confusion or problematic language). By the end of the semester, students will need to contribute substantially to an existing or new article by drawing upon at least 5 academic (peer-reviewed) sources. They will peer-review each other's developing text (in their respective sandboxes) prior to placing their materials into live articles. Students will also need to link their entry to at least five other Wikipedia articles.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Rdow Language attrition Mock Spanish, Catalan language, Language education in the United States, Language revitalization
Ericalee1217 African-American Vernacular English
Shaunbp Primate cognition
Mileskellam
Garzaju Language death Language education in the United States
LewiscaSSU Linguistic discrimination Cultural translation, Wave model
Lamshaw5 Neurodiversity
LucyLauck Aegyo
Lsolares Code-switching Aegyo, Neurodiversity, Indo-European migrations
Sheasheas Hockett's design features Jargon, Language death, Tunisian Arabic
Rodristeph Tunisian Arabic Nativization, Wave model, Language death, Catalan language
Medinage Wave model
Warddrew Polari Mock Spanish, Tunisian Arabic, Catalan language
Simpson Hannah Language education in the United States Language attrition, Catalan language, Mock Spanish, Language revitalization
Brian Cox95 Tok pisin, Cant (language), Nativization, Languages of Papua New Guinea, Language ideology
Zerocarey Language revitalization Catalan language, Mock Spanish, Language attrition, Language education in the United States
Anth 382 Project Cultural translation Wave model, Linguistic discrimination
Kleabwr Indo-European migrations Aegyo
WillDeal Vasconic languages Language education in the United States
MerodioJJ Mock Spanish Language attrition, Catalan language, Language education in the United States, Language revitalization
Juanc101 Spanglish, African-American Vernacular English, Social class
Elijahgerard12
Tedrickja Catalan language Language attrition, Language education in the United States, Language revitalization, Mock Spanish
Timpickard Prestige (sociolinguistics), Jargon Wave model, Hockett's design features, Language death

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Wednesday, 18 August 2021
In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment

Welcome to your Wikipedia assignment's course timeline. This page guides you through the steps you'll need to complete for your Wikipedia assignment, with links to training modules and your classmates' work spaces.

Your course has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resources:

Assignment - Get started on Wikipedia

Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (Because of Wikipedia's technical restraints, you may receive a message that you cannot create an account. To resolve this, please try again off campus or the next day.)

Assignment - Wikipedia assignment blog

Begin a blog about your experiences. You can use discussion questions to frame your entries, or reflect on the research and writing process. Create at least one blog entry each week during the Wikipedia assignment.

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 2

Course meetings
Monday, 23 August 2021   |   Wednesday, 25 August 2021
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
In class - Discussion

Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 30 August 2021   |   Wednesday, 1 September 2021
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

In class - Discussion

Week 4

Course meetings
Wednesday, 8 September 2021
Assignment - Add to an article
Assignment - Exercise
Assignment - Exercise

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 13 September 2021   |   Wednesday, 15 September 2021
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Cultural Anthropology

Ecology

Environmental Sciences

Linguistics

Species

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 20 September 2021   |   Wednesday, 22 September 2021
Assignment - Peer review three articles

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion
Milestones

Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 27 September 2021   |   Wednesday, 29 September 2021
Assignment - Respond to your peer review

You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. Consider their suggestions, decide whether it makes your work more accurate and complete, and edit your draft to make those changes.

Resources:

  • Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
  • Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.

Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 4 October 2021   |   Wednesday, 6 October 2021
Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia

Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Week 9

Course meetings
Monday, 11 October 2021   |   Wednesday, 13 October 2021
Assignment - Continue improving your article

Now's the time to revisit your text and refine your work. You may do more research and find missing information; rewrite the lead section to represent all major points; reorganize the text to communicate the information better; or add images and other media.

Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 18 October 2021   |   Wednesday, 20 October 2021
Assignment - Polish your work

Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!

Week 11

Course meetings
Monday, 25 October 2021   |   Wednesday, 27 October 2021
Assignment - Final article

It's the final week to develop your article.

  • Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.
  • Don't forget that you can ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert at any time!
In class - In-class presentation
Assignment - Reflective essay
Assignment - Original analytical paper

Write a paper going beyond your Wikipedia article to advance your own ideas, arguments, and original research about your topic.

Week 12

Course meetings
Monday, 1 November 2021
Milestones

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.