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Course name
Lin 206 CulAnth 206
Institution
Duke University
Instructor
Gail Clements
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Linguistics
Course dates
2020-01-09 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-04-22 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
15


Lin 206 investigates English language variation from a socio-linguistic perspective. Social, regional, ethnic, gender, and stylistic-related language variation, along with models for describing and applying knowledge about language variation. Language variation focuses on varieties of global Englishes, particular varieties will include: American (including Gullah, Hawai'ian Creole, New England varieties, Southern varieties, and Western varieties), Australian, Canadian, British, Filipino, and Indian.

Student Assigned Reviewing
King nick
Samanthasteger
Malnarula Indian English, Guyanese creole
Jenricano
André Lindsay Jamaican English
Daniellsutton Linguistic marketplace
Jacob.ronkin Liberian English
Lmshaw00 Western American English, Pacific Northwest English
Courtneyleey Konglish, Korean Americans
Baileygriffen Leeward Caribbean Creole English

Timeline

Week 9

Course meetings
Wednesday, 4 March 2020
In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment

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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.)

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
In class - Discussion

Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 16 March 2020   |   Wednesday, 18 March 2020
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6


Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Cultural Anthropology

Linguistics

Week 11

Course meetings
Monday, 23 March 2020   |   Wednesday, 25 March 2020
Assignment - Revise a page (research content, examples, audio clips, proper citations)

Week 12

Course meetings
Monday, 30 March 2020   |   Wednesday, 1 April 2020
Assignment - Final revisions due April 1

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!
Milestones

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