|  | | | Mon 8/30 | Introduction |
| | | | Wed 9/1 | Video - No Webcast |
| | | | Fri 9/3 | Video - No Webcast |
| | | | Mon 9/6 | Holiday: Labor Day |
| | | | Wed 9/8 | Language, Linguistics: Definitions |
| | | | Fri 9/10 | Language: Organization - Semantics and Pragmatics |
| | | | Mon 9/13 | Language: Organization - Syntax |
| | | | Wed 9/15 | Language: Organization - Phonetics and Phonology |
| | | | Fri 9/17 | Language: Perspectives - Sociolinguistics |
| | | | Mon 9/20 | Language: Origins of Language |
| | | | Wed 9/22 | Language: Indo-European Languages |
| | | | Fri 9/24 | Language: History of English |
| | | | Mon 9/27 | Dialect: American Dialects |
| | | | Wed 9/29 | Video: American Tongues |
| | | | Fri 10/1 | Pidgins and Creoles |
| | | | Mon 10/4 | Dialect: AAVE Development Grammar |
| | | | Wed 10/6 | Dialect: AAVE Ebonics and Other Controversies |
| | | | Fri 10/8 | Video: Black on White |
| | | | Mon 10/11 | Options: Channel Gestures |
| | | | Wed 10/13 | Options: Channel Literate and Oral Communication |
| | | | Fri 10/15 | Options: Style Formal and Informal Slang |
| | | | Mon 10/18 | Languages in Contact: Cross-cultural Issues |
| | | | Wed 10/20 | Languages in Contact: Immigrant Experiences |
| | | | Fri 10/22 | Languages in Contact: Immigrant Experiences - Code-switching and Borrowing |
| | | | Mon 10/25 | Languages in Contact: Second-language Learning |
| | | | Wed 10/27 | Midterm |
| | | | Fri 10/29 | Video: Cross Talk |
| | | | Mon 11/1 | Discussion: Term Paper Procedures |
| | | | Wed 11/3 | Languages in America: Native American Languages - History, Families, Borrowings into English |
| | | | Fri 11/5 | Languages in America: Native American Languages - Loss and Preservation |
| | | | Mon 11/8 | Languages in America: Spanish - History and Dialects |
| | | | Wed 11/10 | Languages in America: Spanish and English - Borrowing and Interference |
| | | | Fri 11/12 | Languages in America: Other European Langues - German and French |
| | | | Mon 11/15 | Languages in America: Yiddish (video portion edited out for webcast) |
| | | | Wed 11/17 | Langues in America: Asian Languages - Immigration; Asian Exclusion and Entrance; Asian Language Families |
| | | | Fri 11/19 | Langues in America: Asian Languages - Chinese, Japanese, Others |
| | | | Mon 11/22 | Politics of Language: The First Amendment and Hate Speech |
| | | | Wed 11/24 | Politics of Language: Official English |
| | | | Fri 11/26 | Holiday: Thanksgiving |
| | | | Mon 11/29 | Politics of Language: ASL |
| | | | Wed 12/1 | Politics of Language: Language and Gender |
| | | | Fri 12/3 | Politics of Language: Language and Gender |
| | | | Mon 12/6 | Politics of Language: "Political Correctness" |
| | | | Wed 12/8 | Course Summary |
| | | | Fri 12/10 | Questions and Answers; Exam Overview; Course Evaluation |
