Language in Society

  

Language in Society

Discussion Board

Answer the questions by following the instructions :

· Why does language matter? Why does the study of language as a social phenomenon matter? What does language contribute to the human experience? What was significant about the readings you chose for this week’s discussion board?

o  this assignment should be based off of readings from the (Five Minute Linguist) book.

o  Read any 3 chapters from Five Minute Linguist 

You will need to incorporate ideas from all three of those chapters. 

Don’t read these chapters choose any other chapters :1-3-5-6-7-51-4-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-29-17-18-19-21-46-22-25-26-38-39-40-42-47-48-49-30-31-27-28-44-52

This is the text book :

· E.M. Riskerson & Barry Hilton (eds). 2012. The 5-Minute Linguist: Bit Sized Essays on Language and Languages(2ndedition).

Instructions :

Consists of 2-3 substantial, thoughtful, and well-organized paragraphs.

• Ideas, paraphrasing, and quotation must be cited completely and properly according to APA style 

(otherwise it is plagiarism)

o Must use in text citations in your paragraphs when referencing readings

o Must include reference section at the end with full citations of all readings used in post

• Do not incorporate personal beliefs, experiences, or opinions

• This is meant to be a more academically rigorous discussion based on textual analysis of scholarly s meant to be a more academically rigorous discussion based on textual analysis of scholarly s meant to be a more academically rigorous discussion based on textual analysis of scholarly s meant to be a more academically rigorous discussion based on textual analysis of scholarly readings.