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Welcome to the WikiEdu portion of the UH Mānoa course, LING 720: Language Typology (Spring 2017). For this course you will adopt a language (or language group) and report regularly on various typological features, as they are discussed in class. You should decide on a language within the first three weeks of class and confirm your choice with the instructor. It is imperative that you have access to sufficient resources on the language to address the typological questions covered in this class.
During the course of the term you will be creating or expanding a Wikipedia article for your adopted language. We’ll be following a WikiEdu curriculum which provides training on Wikipedia article creation and lays out some milestones for your page. Don’t worry if you’ve never edited a Wikipedia article; by the end of the course you’ll be an expert!
As we proceed through the term we’ll be adding more and more content to our Wikipedia articles. You’ll also be critiquing the articles your peers are writing and responding to their comments on your article. At various points you will give an in-class update (oral report) on your progress with respect to various aspects of typology. These reports will be presented orally in class (5-10 minutes). Dates are noted below in the timeline.
The syllabus for the main class can be found at bit.ly/ling720syllabus.
Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your course. Be sure to check with your instructor to see if there are other pages you should be following as well.
This page breaks down writing a Wikipedia article into a series of steps, or milestones. These steps include online trainings to help you get started on Wikipedia.
Your course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Content Expert. Check your Talk page for notes from them. You can also reach them through the "Get Help" button on this page.
To get started, please review the following handouts:
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
It's time to think critically about Wikipedia language articles. You'll evaluate a Wikipedia article, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's Talk page.
Now that you're thinking about what makes a "good" Wikipedia article, consider some additional questions.
Due to instructor travel there will be no class meetings January 24 and 26. Please use this time to complete the Wikipedia assignments below and select your language.
Familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia by adding a citation to an article on particular language or language family. (For some ideas check out the Category:Lists_of_languages article list.) There are a few ways you can do this:
Propose at least 3 language articles to create or improve, ranked in order of your preference. These can be existing articles or ones for which no language article currently exists. In the former case ensure that there is sufficient room to improve the article. Your instructor will assign one of these languages for you to work on during the remainder of the course. In either case ensure that you have access to sufficient resources to write the article. Remember that you cannot rely on primary sources (i.e., your own field work data) but must cite secondary (citable, retrievable) sources.
If you need some help finding topics, check out the list of articles in the Category:Language stubs list. Don't forget you can dive into the sub-categories as well.
Once you have your language finalized, head to the Students tab above and assign yourself your chosen language topic.
Note: for a small language subfamily for which there is little extant information you may want to propose to work on an article for that group of languages as opposed to a single language.
Last week, you chose your language article. Make sure now that you are assigned your article topic on the Students tab above. Read through your article, thinking about ways to improve the language, such as fixing grammatical mistakes. Then, make the appropriate changes. You don’t need to contribute new information to the article.
You've picked a language and found your sources. Now it's time to start writing.
Creating a new article?
Improving an existing article?
Compile a list of relevant, reliable books, journal articles, or other sources. Post that bibliography to the talk page of the article you'll be working on, and in your sandbox. Make sure to check in on the Talk page to see if anyone has advice on your bibliography.
Keep reading your sources, too, as you prepare to write the body of the article.
Resources: Editing Wikipedia pages 7–9
Morphological Typology and Lexical Categories
Drawing on class readings and the resources for your language, add sections to your language article draft about morphological typology and lexical categories.
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. It's time to work with that feedback to improve your article!
Once you've made improvements to your article based on peer review feedback, it's time to move your work to Wikipedia proper - the "mainspace."
Editing an existing article?
Creating a new article?
Do additional research and writing to make further improvements to your article, based on suggestions and your own critique.
By this point all articles should be migrated from the Sandbox to Wikipedia. We're live now!
Grammatical relations/alignment
Drawing on class readings and the resources for your language, add a section to your language article about grammatical relations.
For the March 7 class meeting prepare a short (5-10 min) presentation about the grammatical relations section of your article.
You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. It's time to work with that feedback to improve your article!
Voice/valence
Drawing on class readings and the resources for your language, add a section to your language article about the nature of voice/valence operations.
For the April 4 class meeting prepare a short (5-10 min) presentation about the voice/valence section of your article.
You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. It's time to work with that feedback to improve your article!
By this point all articles should be in near-final condition.
Focus now turns to copyediting and polishing.
Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Content Expert at any time if you need further help!
Final presentations (15-20 minutes) will be in class on April 27 and May 2.