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The Politics of Language

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Phenomenology of Error Discussion Questions

April 12, 2018 by mwoodward19

This article addresses the traditional prescriptivist views of language usage and language errors. It then provides ample arguments to suggest that this strict view of language is flawed. It then highlights key characteristics of errors and the ways … [Read more]

Silence Before the Void Response

April 5, 2018 by Stephanie Pokras

Answering the question: What are ways in which you can teach these stories and these lessons then without translating, or is it better to keep these stories sacred/secret between their culture and our own? I would say that it is important that these … [Read more]

Silence Before the Void Response

April 5, 2018 by Max

It can be possible to take the "glass half-full" approach to these stories. Going through elementary school Native Legends and stories were used to explain positive attributes such as patience, forgiveness, love and bravery. The question could then … [Read more]

Silence Before the Void Discussion Q’s

April 5, 2018 by gmartignetti20

Much of what this reading focused on is the way in which language (and the stories of culture/significance they carry) can be shaped and slowly devalued through a sort of "whitewashing" and English"-ing" of stories and traditions. Silence Before the … [Read more]

PBS “Language Matters” – Boarding Schools and Loss of Language for Native Americans, Native Hawaiians and Native Alaskans

March 29, 2018 by Ash

https://www.air.org/resource/essa-and-native-american-alaska-native-and-native-hawaiian-students - Source discussing the Every Student Succeeds Act and the effect of boarding schools on the loss of Native Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Native … [Read more]

“¡Ya Basta!” Discussion Question Response

March 29, 2018 by Dante King

Responding to Marcel's first discussion question "How does generalizing various Latin American nationalities under the umbrella term 'Hispanic' impact how non-Spanish speaking populations view them?", I believe that this generalization serves only to … [Read more]

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