Syllabus and calendar:  LING 580R sec. 1  Winter 2011     

Prof. Manning, instructor

Editing and Linguistics Research.

COURSE OUTCOME:

Students review applied linguistics research related to editing/information design, search library/internet indexes for recent articles addressing these same issues, to read, discuss, and expand upon these issues in their own research or editing tasks.

ASSESSMENT: 

Class participation:   33%

Assignments complete and on time: 33%

Personal research or portfolio project: 33%

Assignment due dates and readings are posted on the calendar below.

Class Participation:

*Class readings are either emailed to you a week or so before they are due, or they are referenced through the in-class reading list link on the class webpage.  

http://linguistics.byu.edu/classes/Ling580am/index.html

Assignments:

a. Assigned readings summaries/evaluations (startup assignment, etc.)

b. Outside reading record: 30+ articles/book chapters (in addition to summaries of those articles covered in class) located by the student through research, full bibliographic info. plus main question/answer/interesting observations.

c. Five 500+word summaries of 5 academic articles/chapters from recent peer-reviewed articles or books, directly relevant to your personal research project.

d. Best/Worst review, explaining a "best" article found in your own research (made available to whole class; electronic copy preferred, photocopy ok) in comparison with a "worst" article found.

Personal research project:

a. Five proposed questions/answers on issues in the current literature related to editing or information design.

b. Abstract (250 words) of Lit. entry point/question/hypothetical answer.

c. Source map, developing argument for answer, as indicated by ordered quotes/paraphrase/data from sources, at least some of which are related to linguistic theory.

d. Draft article (from source map).

e. Final article

All work should be submitted electronically, either as inline email text or as an email-attached .rtf or .pdf document.

CALENDAR

University Policy Statements on these general issues:

BYU is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to qualified persons with disabilities. If you have any disability that may adversely affect your success in this course, please contact the University Accessibility Center at 422-2767. Services deemed appropriate will be coordinated with the student and instructor by that office. 

BYU's policy against sexual harassment extends not only to employees of the university but to students as well. If you encounter sexual harassment, gender-based discrimination, or other inappropriate behavior, please talk to your professor, contact the Equal Employment Office at 422-5895 or 367-5689, or contact the Honor Code Office at 422-2847.

BYU's Honor Code allows for severe punishment of plagiarism, up to and including failure of the course and expulsion from the university.  Examples of plagiarism include: 

• Direct Plagiarism: The verbatim copying of an original source without acknowledging the source. 
• Paraphrased Plagiarism: The paraphrasing, without acknowledgment, of ideas from another that the reader might mistake for your own. 
• Plagiarism Mosaic: The borrowing of words, ideas, or data from an original source and blending this original material with one's own without acknowledging the source. 
• Insufficient Acknowledgment: The partial or incomplete attribution of words, ideas, or data from an original source. 

The code states that "plagiarism may occur with respect to unpublished as well as published material. Acts of copying another student's work and submitting it as one's own individual work without proper attribution is a serious form of plagiarism."