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This book is the first to explore the varied ways in which invented languages can be used to teach languages and linguistics in university courses. Renowned scholars and junior researchers show how using invented languages can appeal to a wider range of students, and can help those students to develop the fundamental skills of linguistic analysis.
List of contents
- 1: Jeffrey Punske, Nathan Sanders, and Amy V. Fountain: Introduction
- 2: Nathan Sanders: A primer on constructed languages
- 3: Arika Okrent: Budding linguists and how to find them
- 4: Jessica Coon: The linguistics of Arrival: Heptapods, field linguistics, and Universal Grammar
- 5: David Adger and Coppe van Urk: Three conlang projects at three educational levels
- 6: Grant Goodall: The design(ing) of language
- 7: Matt Pearson: Using language invention to teach typology and cross-linguistic universals
- 8: Angela C. Carpenter: Teaching invented languages to the undergraduate major: A capstone course
- 9: James A. Berry: Teaching invented languages as an introductory course: Unfamiliar territory
- 10: Carrie Gillon, Edward Delmonico, Randi Martinez, and Spencer Morrell: Bringing language construction from the classroom to the community
- 11: Nathan Sanders and Christine Schreyer: The interdisciplinarity of conlangs: Moving beyond linguistics
- 12: Brenna Reinhart Byrd and Andrew Miles Byrd: Teaching Proto-Indo-European as a constructed language
- 13: Skye J. Anderson, Shannon T. Bischoff, Jeffrey Punske, and Amy V. Fountain: Learning about language through language invention: "I was really proud of the language I created"
- 14: Sheri Wells-Jenson and Kimberly Spallinger: Extraterrestrial message construction: Guidelines for the use of xenolinguistics in the classroom
- 15: David J. Peterson: Artistry in language invention: Conlang pedagogy and the instructor as authority
About the author
Jeffrey Punske is Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Southern Illinois University. His primary research focus is in morphosyntax with a secondary specialization in linguistics pedagogy and outreach. He has presented on issues of language at workshops hosted by the European Space Agency and METI and works to cross disciplinary boundaries and to advance the methodologies and discourses around linguistic pedagogy and outreach.
Nathan Sanders is Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, at the Department of Linguistics, University of Toronto. He works on innovations in linguistics pedagogy and on addressing equity, diversity, and inclusion in the linguistics classroom. His linguistic research centers on biomechanics and perception, for both speech and sign languages. He also works on phonological theory, computational and statistical models of linguistic phenomena, language change, and linguistic typology.
Amy V. Fountain is Associate Professor, Career Track, in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Arizona. She has taught introductory linguistics and a range of other courses at the University of Arizona since 2004. Her research focuses on language reclamation, revitalization, and endangerment, particularly with reference to Native American languages; she is also interested in prosodic phonology and the relationship between morphology and phonology.
Summary
This book is the first to explore the varied ways in which invented languages can be used to teach languages and linguistics in university courses. Renowned scholars and junior researchers show how using invented languages can appeal to a wider range of students, and can help those students to develop the fundamental skills of linguistic analysis.
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This lively volume from well-respected conlangers, teachers, and linguists convincingly makes the case that invented languages can be used as a creative pedagogical tool to introduce students to linguistics. The chapters argue that conlanging in the classroom will allow us to reach a broader student population and better train budding linguists.
