English 103A
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Fall 1994, Tuesday and Thursday, 11:30-1:00,
E1 3518
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Randy Harris
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Hagey Hall 247, x5362, raha@watarts
Home phone (Milton): (905) 876-3972
Hours: Tuesdays, 1:00-3:00; Wednesdays, 9:00-10:30;
or whenever you can catch me.
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Course epitome
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Language has two main dimensions, a social one
and a mental one. You use it to participate in your culture, and you use
it to think with; so does everyone else.
English 103A looks at the nature of English from
both of these perspectives—as an instrument of thought, and as an instrument
of culture?by tracing its history and its varieties.
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Required Text
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McCrum, Cran, and MacNeil, The story of English
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Recommended Text
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Ingram, Talk, talk, talk
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Reserve Text
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Lakoff and Johnson, Metaphors we live by
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Requirements
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Midterm (13 October) 30%
Paper (24 November) 30%
Final 40%
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Rules of the game
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No late assignments will be accepted,
no extensions will be granted, and
no incompletes will be awarded, without very strong reasons.
Please have all readings done before class, and be prepared to discuss
them.
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Topic
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My very strong druthers are that you choose
a conceptual metaphor and explore some of its extensions and ramifications.
If you have another topic in mind, please be sure you talk with me before
taking it too far. If you hand in a paper on another topic without clearing
it with me first, you will get zero; it will be treated as though you didn’t
do the assignment at all.
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Worth
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30% of final grade
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Format
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Double spaced typescript, one side of the page
only. Begin the first page, one quarter of the way down, with the title.
Number all pages but the first in the top right hand corner. Follow with
notes (if any) and references (if any) on separate pages.
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Length
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Three to five pages of text (between 1,000 and
1,500 words), exclusive of title page, notes and references (if any).
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Citation format
(in the text)
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(Last name of author[s], date:page number).
For example, "One of the most common conceptual metaphors in English is
time is money (Lakoff and Johnson, 1980:7)."
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Reference format
(in the bibliography)
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Follow McCrum, Cran, and MacNeil (369-70).
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