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WT3 700 WORDS The General Topic for the WT3 and Essay: Language and Power. The Specific Question for the WT3: Hale & Basides (2013, p.89) argue that “…people control other people, through an immense variety of social tools, and language is only one of these tools.” Discuss. (This quote is from the digital version of the textbook. The same quote is from page 87 of the print version of the textbook) The Keys to Academic English Book by Basides and NA Hale These are the sub-topics: Racism Misogyny/Sexism Political Correctness Swearing Homophobia (or any phobia relating to the LGBTQI+ community) The Aesthetic Alibi o Satire Linguicism English as a Global Language Standard English Specific instructions for The WT3: The WT3 word limit is 700 words, not including the reference list and question. Discuss in relation to: • ONE of the sub-topics, FAE 102735 SPR 2021 WT3 and Essay Question and resources. • 2 texts supplied for that sub-topic (one media article and one academic text), •2 additional academic texts that you have researched, • 1 extra media text (dated after June 1st , 2021) that you have researched. Additional information and ideas: Apply the media article as a case study which relates to the topic, question and sub-topic. All of the academic and media texts must be used in the WT3 explicitly (marks are deducted on a proportionate basis for not finding your own texts or not using them in your response). FAE 102735 SPR 2021 WT3 and Essay Question and resources. 1 WT3 and Essay Question FAE 2021 AUT General instructions This set of instructions and resources is for the WT3 and Final Essay. You can submit either task before the due date. You can use the WT3 as the ‘draft’ for the Essay; but we expect you to learn from the marking and feedback we supply for the WT3 in order to improve the Essay, and we will mark the Essay with this expectation. Both the WT3 and the Essay are marked according to the Learning Guide (LG) criteria. Any student with SC or an AIP can have a confidential discussion with Adrian Hale for an extension or variation. We are giving you several weeks to work on each assessment task, so we will be stricter on approving extensions if the request is only a few days before the due date. Any student unable to complete the Essay can submit the WT3 (or draft) as the Essay. The General Topic for the WT3 and Essay: Language and Power. The Specific Question for the WT3 and Essay: Hale & Basides (2013, p.89) argue that “…people control other people, through an immense variety of social tools, and language is only one of these tools.” Discuss. (This quote is from the digital version of the textbook. The same quote is from page 87 of the print version of the textbook) These are the sub-topics: o Racism o Misogyny/Sexism o Political Correctness o Swearing o Homophobia (or any phobia relating to the LGBTQI+ community) o The Aesthetic Alibi o Satire o Linguicism o English as a Global Language o Standard English Specific instructions for The WT3: The WT3 word limit is 700-800 words, not including the reference list and question. It is due at midnight Friday, 10th September 2021 (week 9). Discuss in relation to: • one of the sub-topics, FAE 102735 SPR 2021 WT3 and Essay Question and resources. 2 • 2 texts supplied for that sub-topic (one media article and one academic text), • 2 additional academic texts that you have researched, • 1 extra media text (dated after June 1st, 2021) that you have researched. Specific instructions for The Essay: The Essay is 1000-1100 words, not including the question and reference list. It is due at midnight Friday, 22nd October 2021 (week 14). Discuss in relation to: • one of the sub-topics, • 2 texts supplied for that sub-topic (one media article and one academic text), • 4 additional academic texts that you have researched (i.e., 2 academic texts that you already researched and used for the WT3, plus another 2 academic texts), • 1 extra media text (dated after June 1st, 2021) that you have researched. Additional information and ideas: Apply the media article as a case study which relates to the topic, question and sub-topic. All of the academic and media texts must be used in the WT3 and Essay explicitly (marks are deducted on a proportionate basis for not finding your own texts or not using them in your response). Quoted material is considered as part of the Essay. Students can build on the WT3 for the Essay, but the Essay needs to be substantially better, using feedback from the WT3 marking to improve it. Or, the essay can be a new piece of work entirely. The lecture pods/notes supply plenty of information on all of these topics, along with structural-argumentation tips. Submission is via the Turnitin links on vUWS. These ideas should appear in your WT3 and Essay. Language use. Power. Control. Social issues such as mobility, economic opportunity, marginalisation. Social attitudes. FAE 102735 SPR 2021 WT3 and Essay Question and resources. 3 The Sub-topics and some suggested texts: Racism Berman, P. (Ed.). (2011). Debating PC: The controversy over political correctness on college campuses. Delta. Fairclough, N. (2003). ‘Political correctness’: The politics of culture and language. Discourse & society, 14(1), 17-28. Ireland, J. (2016, January 29). Political correctness – a great term to dismiss issues that become too hard or inconvenient. The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved from http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/politicalcorrectness-8211-a- great-term-to-dismiss-issues-that-become-too-hard-or-inconvenient-20160128- gmflgo.html Norton, M. I., Sommers, S. R., Apfelbaum, E. P., Pura, N., & Ariely, D. (2006). Color blindness and interracial interaction playing the political correctness game. Psychological Science, 17(11), 949-953. Rahman, J. (2012). The N word: Its history and use in the African American community. Journal of English linguistics, 40(2), 137-171. Sommers, S. R., & Norton, M. I. (2006). Lay theories about White racists: What constitutes racism (and what doesn't). Group processes & intergroup relations, 9(1), 117-138. Valentine, J. (1998). Naming the other: Power, politeness and the inflation of euphemisms. Sociological research online 3/4. Retrieved from http://socresonline.org.uk/3/4/7.html Misogyny and Sexism Crabb, A. (2015, March 7). I'm proud to be a feminist despite my regular lapses. The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved from: http://www.smh.com.au/comment/annabel-crabb- http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/politicalcorrectness-8211-a-great-term-to-dismiss-issues-that-become-too-hard-or-inconvenient-20160128-gmflgo.html http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/politicalcorrectness-8211-a-great-term-to-dismiss-issues-that-become-too-hard-or-inconvenient-20160128-gmflgo.html http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/politicalcorrectness-8211-a-great-term-to-dismiss-issues-that-become-too-hard-or-inconvenient-20160128-gmflgo.html http://socresonline.org.uk/3/4/7.html http://www.smh.com.au/comment/annabel-crabb-im-proud-to-be-a-feminist-despite-my-regular-lapses-20150305-13wrw2.html#ixzz3mixhKNE2 FAE 102735 SPR 2021 WT3 and Essay Question and resources. 4 im-proud-to-be-a-feminist-despite-my-regular-lapses-20150305- 13wrw2.html#ixzz3mixhKNE2 Fasoli, F., Carnaghi, A., & Paladino, M. P. (2015). Social acceptability of sexist derogatory and sexist objectifying slurs across contexts. Language Sciences, 52, 98-107. Gastil, J. (1990). Generic pronouns and sexist language: The oxymoronic character of masculine generics. Sex roles, 23(11-12), 629-643. Kleinman, S. (2002). Why sexist language matters. Qualitative Sociology, 25(2), 299-304. McConnell, A. R., & Fazio, R. H. (1996). Women as men and people: Effects of gender- marked language. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 22(10), 1004-1013. Mills, S. (2008). Language and sexism. Cambridge University Press. Parks, J. B., & Roberton, M. A. (2004). Attitudes toward women mediate the gender effect on attitudes toward sexist language. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 28(3), 233-239. Swim, J. K., & Cohen, L. L. (1997). Overt, covert, and subtle sexism: A Comparison between the attitudes toward women and modern sexism scales. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 21(1), 103-118. Swim, J. K., Mallette, R. & Stangor, C. (2004). Understanding subtle sexism: Detection and use of sexist language. Sex Roles, 51(3/4), 117-128. Political Correctness Ahluwalia, P., & McCarthy, G. (1998). ‘Political Correctness’: Pauline Hanson and the construction of Australian identity. Australian journal of public administration, 57(3), 79-85. Allan, K. & Burridge, K. (2006). Forbidden words: Taboo and the censoring of language. Cambridge University Press. Flowerdew, J. (2014). Academic discourse. Routledge. http://www.smh.com.au/comment/annabel-crabb-im-proud-to-be-a-feminist-despite-my-regular-lapses-20150305-13wrw2.html#ixzz3mixhKNE2 http://www.smh.com.au/comment/annabel-crabb-im-proud-to-be-a-feminist-despite-my-regular-lapses-20150305-13wrw2.html#ixzz3mixhKNE2 FAE 102735 SPR 2021 WT3 and Essay Question and resources. 5 Halmari, H. (2011). Political correctness, euphemism, and language change: The case of ‘people first’. Journal of Pragmatics, 43(3), 828-840. Loury, G. C. (1994). Self-censorship in public discourse: A theory of “Political Correctness” and related phenomena. Rationality and Society, 6(4), 428-461. Milroy, J. & Milroy, L. (2002). Authority in language: Investigating Standard English (4th Edn.). Routledge. Orwell, G. (1946). Politics and the English Language. Retrieved from: http://www.orwell.ru/library/essays/politics/english/e_polit Poole, S. (2006). Unspeak: How words become weapons, how weapons become a message, and how that message becomes reality. Little Brown. Sparrow, R. (2002). Talking sense about political correctness. Journal of Australian Studies, 26(73), 119-131. Yoong, M. (2014, October 10). Pull up a chair, we need to talk about sexist language at work. The Conversation. Retrieved from: http://theconversation.com/pull-up-a-chair-we- need-to-talk-about-sexist-language-at-work-31869 Swearing Allan, K. & Burridge, K. (2006). Forbidden words: Taboo and the censoring of language. Cambridge University Press. Ecclestone, R. (2008, June 7). Warning: Contains coarse language. The