Welcome toWelcome toLanguage in Society!Language in Society!A collaboration of Carpinteria High School and UCSB’s School Kids Investigating Language in Life and Society (SKILLS) Program

What to expect in this What to expect in this classclassTo participate.To do college-level work.To do real research and make a

new contribution to knowledge.To be an expert on some topics

and not on others.To be respectful and respected.

What is linguistics?What is linguistics?Linguistics is the scientific study of

languageAre any of the following sentences

incorrect?We ain’t got no money.Money have any we don’t.We’ve no money.

Linguists don’t judge language; we study how people actually use language.

This is a social science class, not an English class!

Unit 1: The Linguistics of Unit 1: The Linguistics of SlangSlangAsk at least two of your friends if you

can record them this week at lunch or before/after school, and have them ask their parents to sign a permission form

Borrow one of our digital audio recorders and record ordinary talk for at least 30 and up to 60 minutes

Goal: to create an online multimedia slang dictionary for the SKILLS project.