Time for a rant. On our take-home, open-book midterm in linguistics, one question was: "Which statement best captures the relationship between language and dialect?" Of those who answered (n=32), just 9 chose the correct "groups who have power speak languages; groups without power speak dialects." Of the 23 who gave an incorrect answer one chose "less-educated people speak dialects; educated people speak languages." The rest (22) all answered "dialects are simple forms of languages."
Sigh... How is it possible to spend half a semester with me and not get this most basic thing right? Anyway, coming soon if I have time, an analysis by academic major...
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012
End of semester blues
It's that time of year. A student writing on circumcision included this bit of information:
When circumcisions are performed here in the United States the male is given Anastasia to numb the pain…
Thank goodness!
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