Language: The Colonial and Imperial Difference

Porsha Olayiwola

A short list of Policy Paper Guidelines: BU Pardee School of Global Studies Wesleyan University Translating Academic Knowledge into Policy Solutions University of Texas School of Information These links will give you an idea of the shape and scope of the Policy Paper Assignment.  For more details see the grading rubric handout. If you need further assistance with style guides please consult the OWL .  If you need further assistance with grammar ask the Grammar Monkeys .

Here are some video tutorials to help you prepare for your oral presentations.  Remember all of these concepts are linguistically and culturally specific.  Let the language of your piece guide you in your choices. 

NB:   all pages number and concepts refer to McCarty’s text 1.      Prepare answers to the questions on page 91 2.      What are sociohistorical and sociolinguistic profiles? 3.      How does McCarty describe historical circumstances?   Where does she place her focus?   How do you see that reflected in the whole of the text? 4.      How do the five case studies illustrate what McCarty describes as the “universal lesson to be drawn from the project of language revitalization, it must be undertaken and evaluated in terms of locally available resources and locally meaningful goals?” NB:   The five case studies: 1.       Searching for Our Talk and Finding Ourselves 2.      Wôpanâak Language Reclamation 3.      Advocatesfor Indigenous California Language Survival (MAP) 4.    ...

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Tanya Taqag Retribution review album from and for our discussion of The Safety Zone "Which Native beliefs and practices might be judged safe, innocuous, and tolerable?" "Which Native beliefs and practices are too dangerous, different, and subversive of mainstream values?" "How best to manage or eradicate dangerous cultural expression?"  (Lomawaima & McCarty, 2006:5) see pages 42-45 in McCarty (LPP: History, Theory, Praxis) What is the Safety Zone Theory? What are its strengths? What are its limitations? Why is it important for this text?