Linguistic Landscapes January 29th

Do Now Find levels of linguistic structure in the following excerpt from Romeo and Juliet: O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name; Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love And I'll no longer be a Capulet.

Recording Activity In groups record yourselves talking for 5 min. Possible topics: ● Which form of social media do you like best? (twitter, facebook, etc)? ● Beyonce vs. Rihanna ● Something interesting you’ve seen recently on social media ● What is your opinion about the snapchat update?

Writing about language: D.A.R. Describe Analyze Reflect

Writing about language: Describe Did you hear it? -Where and when? -How many speakers? What were they like? -What were they talking about? Did you read it? -Where? (ex. social media, graffiti, street sign, in a book) -When? - date when post was made, year book was published, day you saw the sign, etc. - Is there an image with it?

Writing about language: Analyze Interesting structural aspects Speaker/writer characteristics relevant? Speakers’ relationships to each other? Role of context Speaker/writer’s purpose or goal Is it creative? How so? Does the image add to what you get from the text?

Writing about language: Reflect What made it interesting? -Did you have an emotional response? -Does it relate to cultural trends or issues? What does the language make you think about the speaker/writer? Does it relate to ideas/topics we’ve discussed in class? What unanswered questions do you have about it?

As a group, choose one to D.A.R.

Five minute break

Slang: The Poetry of the People by Michael Adams

“Slang has various social uses, especially on the schoolyard, even when it rhymes. But its value isn’t limited to social group identity, social perceptions and attitudes, or social interaction. Some of slang’s value is aesthetic, if we interpret the term aesthetic broadly... I am not proposing that slang is aesthetic in the narrowest senses, such as that beauty is the most exalted of all values, or that beauty is self-sufficient and the best art made for art’s sake... It isn’t a matter of slange being EITHER aesthetic or social, but BOTH aesthetically AND socially significant. In slang those two values often operate simultaneously, sometimes without regard for each other, sometimes hand in hand.” (111) “As a style, slang certainly operates according to a loose confederation of “principles, which start with the typical attributes of slang discussed in chapter 1: slang is casual, extravagant, facetious, forced, humorous, irreverent, playful, racy, vivid, often superfluous (when slang items are synonyms of standard terms), and often ephemeral” (112).

Slang Investigation In your groups: -Listen to your recording and find one slang word - Write the word and the time when it occurs -Answer the following How is the word used? What part of speech is it? What’s the context it’s used in? What’s the purpose? Is the speaker trying to do something specific? -After thinking about all that: how would you tell someone else what the word means? (give a definition)

Slang Investigation Results Share your slang terms and definitions with the class. Send your group’s recording to: