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AUTUMN QUARTER 2010 CHINESE 580 The Chinese Language Description and Analysis Professor Marjorie K.M. Chan Dept. of East Asian Langs. & Lits. The Ohio State University Columbus, OH 43210 U.S.A.

COURSE:	Chinese 580. The Chinese Language: Description and Analysis Call No. & Credit Hours:   25287   5 credits.   U G Prerequisites:   Chinese 103 or equivalent, or permission of instructor (2+ years of Chinese recommended) Course page:   http://people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/chan9/c580.htm
TIME & PLACE:	T R     03:30 - 5:18 p.m. 045 Hagerty Hall (1775 College Road) (multimedia classroom with computer and internet connection)
OFFICE HOURS:	F   1:00 - 3:00 p.m., or by appointment   (Week 1:   F   3:00 - 5:00 p.m.) Office:   362 Hagerty Hall   (1775 College Road) Tel:        292.3619   (292.5816 for messages, 292.3225 for faxes) E-mail:  chan.9osu.edu
MC's Home Page: MC's ChinaLinks:	people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/chan9 ChinaLinks.osu.edu

1. REQUIRED TEXTBOOK
   Sun, Chaofen. 2006. Chinese: A Linguistic Introduction. Cambridge, UK; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. Paperback. [ISBN: 0521530822 (pbk) | 9780521530828 (pbk)]   Available from SBX. 1806 N. High Street. 291.9528.
2. ADDITIONAL READINGS
   Additional readings are typically e-journal articles that can be retrieved from OSU Libraries' online catalog. First, go to Ohio State University Libraries <library.osu.edu>, and scroll down to “Online Journals.” Either enter a search or click on the link to "Online Journals List" tofind the relevant e-journal title. Alternatively, go to OhioLINK's Electronic Journal Center (EJC) to locate the e-journal. Other readings, scanned to PDF format by Electronic Reserves, will be available for downloading from Carmen.osu.edu under the current course. Additional readings will be made available during the course.

Thompson (Main) Library Reserve and Electronic Reserves:
Some reference books will be placed in Closed Reserve at Thompson (Main) Library (loan periods may vary) during the quarter, among them being the textbook (4-hour loan). (Note: Reserved materials in Closed Reserve are for the specified quarter only.)

Check Ohio State University Libraries <library.osu.edu> for an online list of books and readings placed on Reserve for Chinese 580. Under FIND in the menubar, select COURSE RESERVES, and then choose either "Print Reserves by Course" or "Print Reserves by Professor." Readings in PDF format prepared by OSU Libraries for e-Reserve can be retrieved under this course in Carmen.

This is a survey course introducing important elements of the Chinese language -- its structure, dialects, and writing system -- as well as such topics as the history of the language, language acquisition, language planning, and language use in society, including gender-linked differences in language use. Taught in English, this course was designed as one of The Ohio State University's General Education Curriculum (GEC) third-level writing courses.

The course aims to give students an overview of important elements of the Chinese language and its use. Covered also are other topics concerning the Chinese language. Students are expected at the end of the course to have acquired a basic understanding of the structure of the Chinese language, together with knowledge of related topics, and be able to write and discuss critically the various issues that have been studied in the course. Students are encouraged to explore and research further on topics covered during the quarter.

As a course designated as a GEC course to develop writing and related skills, the goal is for students to build upon their skills in written communication and expression, reading, critical thinking, and oral expression. The expected learning outcomes are that students (1) apply basic skills in expository writing, (2) demonstrate critical thinking through written and oral expression, and (3) retrieve and use written information analytically and effectively.

Chinese 580 is a GEC Third-Writing Course. As such, the expected learning outcomes are two-fold: (1) Students apply writing skills to the major; and (2) Students develop skills in the oral articulation of ideas as well as their critical and analytical abilities in reading demanding texts and synthesizing ideas.

The course will be conducted through lectures combined with class discussions of assigned readings, individual and small-group assignments in class, and students' presentation of homework assignments and their individual research project. Course work includes students' selection of a research topic, their bibliographic search in the library system and online for relevant materials, and a term paper (about 10-12 pages, typed and double-spaced) demonstrating ability to analyze critically the selected research topic.

1. Read and reflect on all assigned readings prior to class lectures and discussion.
2. Attend class regularly (heed the wisdom of the Mother of Mencius).
3. Participate actively in class discussions and individual/group activities.
4. Submit two homework assignments (each about 5-6 double-spaced pages, plus references).[1]
5. For the final project:
   
   1. Turn in a one-page, double-spaced, final project proposal with select references by Week 7. Submit a digital copy to the Dropbox for the course at Carmen.osu.edu.
   2. First draft of the research paper or a (2 to 3 page) progress report in Week 9.
   3. Present an oral version of the final project at the end of the quarter.[2]
   4. Submit the final term paper in hardcopy and in digital format. (The main text itself should be equivalent to about 10 double-spaced pages, plus references.)[3]
6. All course assignments in digital format are to be uploaded to the Dropbox in Carmen.osu.edu under Chinese 580.

[1] These may be reactions papers, critical and comparative analyses, or preliminary empirical research on specific questions based on the readings and other resources. The assignments should be submitted in hardcopy format and in digital format (DOC(X) or PDF format).

[2] Prepare a digital file in PowerPoint format for a PowerPoint presentation in class.

[3] Submit the final project in digital format (DOC(X) or PDF) in addition to a printed, hardcopy version.

DISABILITY SERVICES
Students with disabilities that have been certified by the Office for Disability Services will be appropriately accommodated, and should inform the instructor as soon as possible of their needs. The Office for Disability Services is located in 150 Pomerene Hall, 1760 Neil Avenue (Tel: 292.3307. TDD: 292.0901).

ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT
Students are advised to adhere to The Ohio State University's Code of Student Conduct, with particular reference here to "Academic misconduct." The University's policies on academic misconduct will be enforced in accordance with Faculty Rule 3335-5-54. Academic misconduct is defined as "[a]ny activity that tends to compromise the academic integrity of the university, or subvert the educational process." (See section 3335-23-04 Prohibited conduct.) Relevant examples of academic misconduct include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Violation of course rules as contained in the course syllabus or other information provided to the student; violation of program regulations as established by departmental committees and made available to students;

• Knowingly providing or using assistance in the laboratory, on field work, or on a course assignment unless such assistance has specifically been authorized;

• Submitting plagiarized work for an academic requirement.
  Plagiarism is the representation of another's work or ideas as one's own; it includes the unacknowledged word-for-word use and/or paraphrasing of another person's work, and/or the inappropriate unacknowledged use of another person's ideas.
  [Note: OSU's Center for the Study of Teaching and Writing (CSTW) provides a definition of plagiarism together with Basic Citation Rules and Examples, including use of direct quotes versus paraphrasing, etc. Also, OSU Libraries' Knowledge Bank has a set of short, online videos on Academic Misconduct and Plagiarism.]

• Submitting substantially the same work to satisfy requirements for one course that has been submitted in satisfaction of requirements for another course, without permission of the instructor of the course for which the work is being submitted.

Note that ignorance of the University's Code of Student Conduct is never considered an "excuse" for academic misconduct; hence, be sure to review the sections dealing with academic misconduct in the Code of Student Conduct. Be sure also to read the University's Ten Suggestions for Preserving Academic Integrity and/or the Eight Cardinal Rules of Academic Integrity (from Northwestern U.). The University's policy on academic misconduct will be enforced in accordance with Faculty Rule 3335-5-54, and all alleged cases of academic misconduct will be reported to the Office of Academic Affairs' Committee on Academic Misconduct (COAM) for resolution.

Students with questions concerning the University's policies or questions concerning academic or research misconduct are encouraged to ask the instructor any time during the quarter.

Attendance	10%
Class discussions/participation	20%
Homework assignments (2)	30%
Research project (all phases)	40%
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	100%

SCHEDULE

WEEK 1: INTRODUCTION
	Note: Discussion of reading selections begins on September 28, but do read ahead if you have purchased your textbook. *   *   *   *   * Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! (09.22.2010)	09.23	Preliminaries Introduction and orientation OSU Libraries' online catalogue and other internet resources *   *   *   *   * ICS Lecture on September 24: 1:30 P.M. 180 Hagerty Hall "History, Structure, and Adaptation of Taiwan Sign Language" Professor James H.-Y. Tai National Chung Cheng U.

WEEK 2: THE CHINESE LANGUAGE
09.28	Historical Background of the Language Discussion of reading: - Sun, Ch. 1	09.30	Establishment and Promotion of Modern Spoken Chinese Discussion of reading: - Chen (1999) Constitution of the PRC: 2004 (full text amended from the 1982 constitution (Eng.) [alt URL (2004) | alt URL (1982)] - 《中华人民共和国宪法修正案》 (GB) *   *   *   *   * 1-3 October 2010: 59th Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

WEEK 3: SOUND SYSTEM OF MODERN STANDARD CHINESE
10.05	Articulatory Phonetics: Place and Manner of Articulation In class: Figures and IPA charts International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) & International Phonetic Association - downloadable audio files (wav files) accompanying the languages illustrated in the Handbook of the IPA. International Phonetic Alphabet (Voices.com) IPA Charts (York U., Canada) Phonetics Resources: Phones & Phonemes of English Due: Homework 1.	10.07	Modern Standard Chinese: Phonetics and Romanization Discussion of readings: - Sun, Ch. 2 - Lin (2007) PRC's 2000 language and script law (10-31-00) (Eng.) - 《中华人民共和国国家通用语言文字法》 (GB) *   *   *   *   * ICS Lecture on October 8: 1:30 P.M. 062 Hagerty Hall "Folk Music & Local Culture: The Art of a Cantonese Blind Singer in Hong Kong" Professor Bell Yung University of Pittsburgh

WEEK 4: STANDARD LANGUAGE, VARIATIONS & DIALECTS
10.12	Standard, Variations, and Major Chinese Dialects Discussion of readings: - Blum (2004) - Sun (2006), Ch. 1.9 - re-read Other activities pertaining to modern Chinese dialects, incl. a lecture on a related topic. MC's Links to Chinese dialectology resources	10.14	In-Class Recording and Speech Analysis In-class recording and analysis using speech analsysis software Examples of utterances and their comparison: - C580 (Au00): Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 - C680 (Au00): Set 4 | Set 5 *   *   *   *   * Double Ninth Festival (重陽節) (10.16.2010)

WEEK 5: WORD-FORMATION
10.19	Chinese Morphology 1 Discussion of reading: - Sun, Ch. 3	10.21	Chinese Morphology 2 Discussion of reading: - Sun, Ch. 4

WEEK 6: SCRIPT AND INTERNET LANGUAGE
10.26	The Chinese Writing System Discussion of readings: - Sun, Ch. 5 - Rogers (2005)	10.28	Internet Language Discussion of readings: - Gao and Yuan (2005) - skim - Yang (2007) Due: Homework 2.

WEEK 7: LANGUAGE, CULTURE & POLITICS
11.02	Language, Culture, and Contact Discussion of reading: - Sun, Ch. 6 Due: A one-page, double-spaced abstract of research paper topic and select references.	11.04	Language Policy, Language Attitude, and Language Choice Discussion of readings: - Sandel (2003) - Eng (2010)

WEEK 8: MIDDLE CHINESE TO MODERN CHINESE
11.09	Historical Sound Change Discussion of reading: - Ramsey (1987) Charts & tables from C681: - Chronology - Periodization of Chinese Phonology - Periodization - Sources - Yunjing: 36 Initials	11.11	Veterans' Day (no class)

WEEK 9: CHINESE SYNTAX
11.16	Chinese Syntax 1 Discussion of reading: - Sun, Ch. 7 Due: First draft of research paper or progress report on research paper.	11.18	Chinese Syntax 2 Discussion of reading: - Sun, Ch. 8

WEEK 10: LANGUAGE USE AND SOCIAL CONTEXT
11.23	Gender-Linked Usage and Other Socio-Pragmatic Topics Discussion of reading:     - Chan (1998) Other class activities pertaining to socio-pragmatic issues	11.25	Thanksgiving Day (no class)

WEEK 11: FINAL WEEK ACTIVITIES
11.30	Student presentations	12.02	Student presentations

WEEK 12: EXAMINATION WEEK
Due 5:00 p.m., MONDAY, 6 December 2010 Research Paper:   Submit (1) a hardcopy in the instructor's mailbox in DEALL, 398 Hagerty Hall, and (2) a digital copy in the Dropbox in Carmen. (Note: Request for extension must be made by Week 11.)

READINGS

1. TEXTBOOK

• Sun, Chaofen 2006. Chinese: A Linguistic Introduction. Cambridge, UK; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
  [On 4-hour Reserve (Au 2010) at Thompson (Main) Library. Call Number: PL1071 .S78 2006]

2. READING SELECTIONS

E-journal articles can be retrieved at OSU Libraries (click under Quicklinks to select "E-Journals") or go to OhioLINK's Electronic Journal Center (EJC) to locate the e-journal. (At the EJC website, one can also click "Search" at the top menubar to search the database for the specific e-journal article via searching by "Any Field" (default setting), "Article Title", "Author Name", etc.) All other readings can be retrieved from the course site in Carmen.osu.edu or available online from the links provided here.

1. Charts, figures, tables.
2. Blum, Susan D. 2004. "Good to hear: Using the trope of standard to find one's way in a sea of linguistic diversity." In: Minglang Zhou (ed.), Language Policy in the People's Republic of China: Theory and Practice Since 1949. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers. Pages 123-141.
3. Chan, Marjorie K.M. 1998. "Gender differences in the Chinese language: a preliminary report." Proceedings of the Ninth North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics (NACCL-9), 2 volumes, edited by Hua Lin. Volume 2, pp. 35-52. Los Angeles: GSIL Publications, University of Southern California. [PDF file (2.2 MB)]
4. Chen, Ping. 1999. Modern Chinese: History and Sociolinguistics. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. [Excerpt: Chapter 2 ("Establishment and promotion of Modern Spoken Chinese"), pp. 7-33.]
5. Eng, Robert Y. 2010. "Is Cantonese in Danger of Extinction? China Notes: Superfluous Musings of a Chinese Historian, 20 August 2010.
6. Gao, Liwei and Rong Yuan. 2005. "Linguistic construction of modernity in computer-mediated communication." In: Qian Gao (ed.), Proceedings of the Seventeenth North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics (NACCL-17). Los Angeles: GSIL Publications, University of Southern California. Pages 66-83.
7. Lin, Yen-Hwei. 2007. The Sounds of Chinese. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge U. Press. [Excerpt: Chapter 6 ("Phonetic transcription and pinyin"), pp. 123-136.]
8. Ramsey, S. Robert. 1987. The Languages of China. Princeton: Princeton U. Press. [Excerpt: Chapter 7 ("History"), pp. 116-142.]
9. Rogers, Henry. 2005. Writing Systems: A Linguistic Approach. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing. [Excerpt: Chapter 3 ("Chinese"), pp. 20-49.]
10. Sandel, Todd L. 2003. "Linguistic capital in Taiwan: The KMT's Mandarin language policy and its perceived impact on language practices of bilingual Mandarin and Tai-gi speakers." Language in Society 32: 523-551. [E-journal article]
11. Yang, Chunsheng. 2007. "Chinese Internet language: A sociolinguistic analysis of adaptations of the Chinese writing system." Language&Internet 4, article 2.

SOME WEB RESOURCES

• Ohio State University:
  • Ohio State University Libraries. Ohio State's online catalogues, as well as links to OhioLINK Catalog, WorldCat, etc. Search the Online catalogue for books, journals, e-journals, books and other materials reserved for a course, etc.
  • Indices/Tables of Content of some Chinese linguistics journals that are subscribed by OSU Libraries:
    • Journal of Chinese Linguistics -- Monographs and Index of Articles (1973- ). {Website also has annotated links to online resources.]
    • Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association -- JCLTA Index Online (1966- ; searchable index).
  • Chinese Collection at OSU Libraries. This is part of the East Asian Collection that is housed in the Thompson (Main) Library. Ohio State has an extensive Chinese-language collection of books and periodicals to support teaching and research. Chinese-language audio-visual materials, including video and audiotapes and non-data CD-ROMs and DVDs, are one part of the Chinese collection that is kept in the Thompson (Main) Library.
  • China Online Journals (COJ). OSU Libraries subscribe to the online, searchable database of journals at China Online Journals (COJ). E-journal issues are available from 1997 onwards (with slightly later starting dates for some journals). E-Journal titles concerning Chinese linguistcs include: 語文研究 (Linguistic Research) — 世界漢語教學 (Chinese Teaching in the World) — 方言 (Dialect) — 汉语学报 (Chinese Linguistics) — 語言科學 (Linguistic Sciences) — 語言文字應用 (Applied Linguistics) — 語文建設 (Language Planning) — 民族語文 (Minority Languages of China), etc. [Click here for Off-Campus Access.]
  
  
  • OhioLINK's Electronic Journal Center (EJC) available for OSU users.
  • ISTOR – Depository for back issues of various journals, including e-journals, available for OSU users.
  • ProQuest Dissertations & Theses. Proquest's database contains citations for dissertations and theses done at U.S., Canadian and some foreign institutions. Free PDFs of all dissertations published since 1997. (Licensed for OSU academic use only.)
  • Center for the Study and Teaching of Writing (CSTW). Excellent resources, "handouts", tutorials, etc., to assist undergraduate students — and those for whom English is a second (or third) foreign language — in their research and writing. The Center also provides a web page on plagiarism, giving a definition of plagiarism, together with a set of Basic Citation Rules and Examples, including use of direct quotes versus paraphrasing, etc. To cite books for this course, one recommendation is to use the sciences style for bibliography and in-text citations in the Chicago Manual of Style Citation Guide, available online from OSU Libraries.
  • net.TUTOR (OSU Libraries' set of online tutorials, such as developing research skills in using WWW and other Net resources)
• About Online Writing Materials and Sources and Citations at Dartmouth College (Institute for Writing and Rhetoric, Dartmouth College) NOTE: How to cite a webpage -- include three pieces of information: title, URL, and date of access – for example:

  Marjorie Chan's Chinese 580: The Chinese Language: Description and Analysis <http://people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/chan9/c680.htm> (Autumn 2010) [Accessed 1 September 2010].
  
  (Or click here to cite this particular web page using "copy-and-paste." Hit "BACK" on your web browser to return to this part of the web page.)

• Documenting Electronic Sources (The Writing Lab and The OWL, Purdue University)
• Journals available from Multilingual Matters. Online issues of e-journals that may or may not be subscribed by OSU/OhioLINK; e-journals include: International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, Current Issues in Language Planning, Current Issues in Language & Society, International Journal of Multilingualism, Journal of Multicultural Discourses, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, Language Awareness, Language and Intercultural Communication, Language Culture and Curriculum, and Language and Education.
• Wiley InterScience. "In June 2008, Wiley InterScience incorporated the online content formerly hosted on Blackwell Synergy to provide access to over 3 million articles across 1400 journals. This massive archive, combined with some 6000 OnlineBooks and major reference works." Access to abstracts and full-text (PDF files) also if OSU Libraries subscribes to a given e-journal.
• Linguist List: 2010 Tables of Contents (TOC) (for some linguistic journals, and links to back issues as well)
• A Country Study: China (overview of China (history, social system, etc.; part of the Library of Congress' Country Studies)
• Google:
  • Google Scholar. Search Google Scholar for books and online articles.
  • Google Book Search. Search for books by entering a keyword or phrase. Clicking on a book title provides some basic information about the book, and potentially a few snippets (i.e., a few sentences containing your keyword or phrase in context) or full pages, or the entire book, if it is out of copyright. A search can also be conducted within the original search to further refine the search. Explore the website for further features.
  • Google Video. Search for videos and video excerpts.
• OSU Office of Responsible Research Practices (ORRP). The Institutional Review Board (IRB), administered under the ORRP, oversees research activities at OSU, including research involving Human Subjects. "All research activities involving human subjects must be reviewed and approved by an IRB unless the Office of Responsible Research Practices prospectively determines that the research falls into a category of exemption established by federal regulation." In addition, all investigators and key personnel who participate in the design, conduct, or reporting of human subjects research (including exempt research) must be appropriately trained in the protection of human subjects. (See Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) web-based human research courses to satisfy this requirement for OSU researchers.) The ORRP holds regular workshops for faculty and graduate students, including those aimed specifically at students.
• OSU Undergraduate Research Office. Information sessions on opportunities for undergraduate students to engage in research, regularly scheduled IRB Staff Assistance for Student Researchers, etc.
• OSU College of Humanities. Information on undergraduate / graduate student funding opportunities, faculty, departments and units in the College, etc.
• OSU Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS). The ICS is "a center for scholarly research, student training, and public programming about the Chinese-speaking world for OSU faculty, students, the P-12 community, business and government, and members of the general public."
• OSU East Asian Studies Center (EASC). The Title VI NRC/FLAS East Asian Studies Center (EASC) at The Ohio State University's mission is "the broad dissemination of basic knowledge and advanced research on the cultures, languages, history, politics, and economies of East Asia."
• Chinese Culture Club. The CCC's mission is to promote the study of Chinese language and culture throughout Ohio State Univeristy and the surrounding community. Events include guest speakers, performers, film-showings, etc.
• MC's Course-Related Bibliographies and Other Resources:
  • Marjorie Chan's Chinese Language and Gender On-Line Bibliography. Bibliography, some web-accessible articles, online collections of gender-related course syllabi, etc.
  • Marjorie Chan's Online Bibliography for Chinese 580. Bibliography of English-language sources compiled in Spring 1999 for the undergraduate course, Chinese 580 (Chinese Language: Description and Analysis); updated periodically.
  • Marjorie Chan's Modern Chinese Dialects Bibliography. Bibliography of articles and references that were extracted from the Spring 2004 Chinese 785 course syllabus, and is updated from time to time.
  • Marjorie Chan's Word Lists and Online Glossaries/Dictionaries. Annotated links to online and downloadable Chinese word lists, frequency lists, dictionaries, etc.
• Marjorie Chan's ChinaLinks (ChinaLInks.osu.edu). Anotated links to Chinese culture, language, and linguistics. Also hosted under ChinaLinks.osu.edu site is the 20th North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics (NACCL-20), held at The Ohio State University on 25-27 April 2008. Proceedings from the conference will be publicly accessible online by the end of September 2008.
• MC's Courses and Archived Course Syllabi. Course syllabi contain readings and references that may provide an additional source for references.

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Created 10.15.1997, and revised since. Most recent major revision: 7 September 2010 for Autumn Quarter 2010. Last update: 14 November 2010. URL:   people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/chan9/c580.htm