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    Eng 334 - Assignment Topics and Questions For Final Term Fall 2019

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    The document contains 13 prompts asking the reader if they agree or disagree with statements regarding language maintenance, shift, variation, power relations, symbolic power, language policy, planning, medium of instruction, and gender-specific language choices. The reader is asked to discuss their arguments for each statement in light of relevant linguistic concepts and theories, and support their arguments with examples.

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    Eng 334 - Assignment Topics and Questions For Final Term Fall 2019

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    The document contains 13 prompts asking the reader if they agree or disagree with statements regarding language maintenance, shift, variation, power relations, symbolic power, language policy, planning, medium of instruction, and gender-specific language choices. The reader is asked to discuss their arguments for each statement in light of relevant linguistic concepts and theories, and support their arguments with examples.

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    The document contains 13 prompts asking the reader if they agree or disagree with statements regarding language maintenance, shift, variation, power relations, symbolic power, language policy, planning, medium of instruction, and gender-specific language choices. The reader is asked to discuss their arguments for each statement in light of relevant linguistic concepts and theories, and support their arguments with examples.

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    Eng 334 - Assignment Topics and Questions For Final Term Fall 2019

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    “Minority languages that have support in education, religion, the media or administration stand
    a better chance of language maintenance”. Do you agree to this statement? Discuss your
    argument in light of language maintenance and shift. Support your argument with appropriate
    examples.
    2. “Women are the carriers of languages”. Do you agree to this statement? Discuss your argument
    in light of language maintenance and shift. Support your argument with appropriate examples.
    3. “Reversing the loss of a language is like building a castle in the wind.” Do you agree to this
    statement? Discuss your argument in light of language maintenance and shift. Support your
    argument with appropriate examples.
    4. “….we make a selection of an appropriate register for a specific communicative setting and
    purpose”. Do you agree to this statement? Discuss your argument in light of language variation
    according to “use” and refer to Halliday’s model. Support your argument with appropriate
    examples.
    5. “……changing our style according to role relation is a common phenomenon of everyday
    language use”. Do you agree to this statement? Discuss your argument in light of language
    variation according to “use” and refer to Halliday’s model. Support your argument with
    appropriate examples.
    6. “Power relations influence face and politeness.” Do you agree to this statement? Discuss your
    argument. Support your argument with appropriate examples.
    7. “The concept of ‘power’ is only a matter of sociological debate.” Do you agree to this
    statement? Discuss your argument. Support your argument with appropriate examples.
    8. “Social practice is unrelated to linguistic practice”.
    9. “Advertising and propaganda are modes of symbolic power”. Do you agree to this statement?
    Discuss your argument in light of Bourdieu’s theory of ‘symbolic power’. Support your argument
    with appropriate examples.
    10. “Language policy and planning activities are politically motivated.” Do you agree to this
    statement? Discuss your argument in light of Haugen’s theory. Support your argument with
    appropriate examples.
    11. “A language may gain strength and dominate over other languages if it is internationalized,
    whereas the power imbalance could be checked through vernacularization’. Do you agree to this
    statement? Discuss your argument in light of language policy and planning activities. Support
    your argument with appropriate examples.
    12. “The home language should be allowed in classrooms.” Do you agree to this statement? Discuss
    your argument in light of your understanding of the concepts of medium of instruction and
    home language. Support your argument with appropriate examples.
    13. “Gender-specific language choices are symptomatic of male chauvinism”. Do you agree to this
    statement? Discuss your argument. Support your argument with appropriate examples.

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