linguistic autobiography essay

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For this assignment, you will connect your experience as a user of one or more American languages to concepts we have covered throughout the course. You should contextualize your experiences in the larger social setting. You can also explore how your experiences have shaped your own attitudes about language.

Requirements:

  1. A thesis statement which connects your personal language experiences to at least one topic we have discussed in class
  2. Content in the body of the paper which is on topic and connects to the thesis statement.
  3. A well-integrated reference to at least two outside sources
  4. Correct use of terms from class when appropriate (e.g., language shift, Three-Generation Rule, linguistic discrimination, mutual intelligibility etc.)
  5. Clearly written, proofread, and no longer than 500-600 words. Use of APA/ MLA style is required for references.

Thesis statement:

The thesis statement is the point of your paper; it should summarize how your personal experience relates to a concept from this course. It should be clear, concise, and the body of your paper should support and connect to it.

The reference can be to an academic paper, material we read or watched in class, or other online sources. You may also cite the lecture slides. If the reference is a non-academic source (like a video about language attitudes or a blog post about Mock Italian), you should justify its use (“This quote is representative about attitudes towards Chicanx Spanish”). You do not need to cite the terms we learned in class.

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