Freshman Seminar:
Slang and American Youth Cultures
Interdisciplinary Studies 94
Fall 2003
T 3:00-3:50 p.m.
3202 HSSB (Note new room!)
Professor Mary Bucholtz
Office: 3509 South Hall
Phone: (805) 893-5415
E-mail: bucholtz@linguistics.ucsb.edu
Office Hours (Fall 2003): W 1-3 p.m., or by appointment
Assignments
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Course policies
Course syllabus
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What is Slang and Who Uses It?
Tue., Sept. 23
Eble, Introduction
Assignment: Collecting Slang
Categorizing and Defining Slang Terms
Tue., Sept. 30
Eble, Chapter 1
The Creativity of Slang, Part 1: Form
Tue., Oct. 7
Eble, Chapter 2
The Creativity of Slang, Part 2: Meaning
Tues., Oct. 14
Eble, Chapter 3
Slang and Cultural Resources
Tue., Oct. 21
Eble, Chapter 4
Interactional Functions of Slang
Tue., Oct. 28
Eble, Chapter 5
Slang dictionary entries due
Slang and Social Relations
Tue., Nov. 4
Eble, Chapter 6
NO CLASS Tue., Nov. 11: Veterans Day
Slang and College Culture
Tue., Nov. 18
Video
Student Presentations
Tue., Nov. 25 and Tue., Dec. 2
NO CLASS Thursday, Nov. 27: Thanksgiving
Final projects due Fri., Dec. 5, at 5 p.m. at my office
University of California, Santa Barbara
| College of Letters and Science | Department
of Linguistics
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