NEW COURSES ON MINORITY LANGUAGES AND LITERARY COMPUTING
NEW COURSES ON MINORITY LANGUAGES AND LITERARY COMPUTING
CS 147: Minority Languages: Linguistic, Legal, and Political Issues Any reasonably large community includes speakers of more than one language and/or dialect. Inequalities and differences in prestige are typically associated with these different ways of talking. Minority languages often suffer discrimination and in many situations face decline or extinction. However, more and more minority language communities around the world are fighting for and winning special protection. In this course we will learn about the past and present legal and political status of minority languages in diverse parts of the world. We will address general questions such as: What effect does minority status have on a language? What determines whether a minority language will die out or continue to thrive? What are the benefits and costs of providing services (e.g. schooling) in minority languages? Participants will be expected to take an active role in researching topics of interest and presenting their findings. MCP, PRS, REA, WRI
CS 231: Literary Computing Satisfies Division I Distribution Computers can contribute to the study of literature in lots of ways. They make it easy to count all the occurrences of the words "father" and "mother" in Hamlet; to search for dangling prepositions in Pride and Prejudice; to use hypertext (internet-style "links") to create and represent non-linear literature; to automatically detect subtle differences between typical male and female writing style; or to inform debates about the real author of anonymous or disputed works.
This course will explore these and related topics. Participants will gain hands-on experience with useful literary computing tools and will learn some elementary computer programming; no prior experience is required. Participants with literary interests will discover new ways to look at texts; participants with computer interests will meet new tools and programming challenges. PRJ, QUA, REA
CS 147: Minority Languages: Linguistic, Legal, and Political Issues Any reasonably large community includes speakers of more than one language and/or dialect. Inequalities and differences in prestige are typically associated with these different ways of talking. Minority languages often suffer discrimination and in many situations face decline or extinction. However, more and more minority language communities around the world are fighting for and winning special protection. In this course we will learn about the past and present legal and political status of minority languages in diverse parts of the world. We will address general questions such as: What effect does minority status have on a language? What determines whether a minority language will die out or continue to thrive? What are the benefits and costs of providing services (e.g. schooling) in minority languages? Participants will be expected to take an active role in researching topics of interest and presenting their findings. MCP, PRS, REA, WRI
CS 231: Literary Computing Satisfies Division I Distribution Computers can contribute to the study of literature in lots of ways. They make it easy to count all the occurrences of the words "father" and "mother" in Hamlet; to search for dangling prepositions in Pride and Prejudice; to use hypertext (internet-style "links") to create and represent non-linear literature; to automatically detect subtle differences between typical male and female writing style; or to inform debates about the real author of anonymous or disputed works.
This course will explore these and related topics. Participants will gain hands-on experience with useful literary computing tools and will learn some elementary computer programming; no prior experience is required. Participants with literary interests will discover new ways to look at texts; participants with computer interests will meet new tools and programming challenges. PRJ, QUA, REA
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