Language and Society in the Middle East
NELC N-695/ N-305
Spring 2009
3 cr/hrs
Weekly lecture/seminarProfessor Çiğdem Balım Harding
cbalim@indiana.edu
The course discusses the interaction between peoples and the languages they use in the Middle East, and will acquaint the students with the contemporary theories, concepts and approaches used in analysis.
The course will help the students to have a holistic view of the area, its peoples and languages.
Students will be expected to work with their own language interests and countries of interest when preparing papers.
Assessment will be a combination of book / essay summaries, class presentations/ discussions and a final paper. Graduate and undergraduate requirements (reading list and assessment) will differ.
Sample topics that the course will cover are:
- Language planning and language policies: selection of a ‘national’ language by the states; standardization, modernization; educational practices; alphabet changes
- Minorities and bilingual education
- Language contact: language change caused by contact; migration and language
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