TR 9:30-11
Parlin 104
Instructor: Mark Garrett Longaker
Office: Parlin 12
Office hours: 11-12 Tues and Thurs and 2-3 Thurs
In this course, we will pursue two goals. We will try to become:
(1) more proficient users of language, and
(2) more critical users of language.
To do so, we will study argumentative forms, practice their use in particular situations for specific groups of people, and we will analyze the potential effects (social, political, economic) of language. The big question that we will encounter is this: how do the available arguments at a given moment shape a conversation and make (im)possible certain actions?
