Talking about what the literature means and what the prof wants us to get out of it would be super useful, but I don't even know how to start that conversation, because I am not a literature person (and we have 2 mandatory literature/culture classes next spring, whine whine) and everyone else doesn't seem very interested in figuring it out with me. On the same token, most of them aren't linguistics people, so they're flailing around in that like I am in the other one.
My scientific background really helps with linguistics (a science!)
I'm contemplating putting together a summary/review of chapters 2 & 3 of HOG based on what he covered in class and what's in the book if I have time tomorrow (though a lot of it is tables and charts), because it may be helpful for the midterm & final to have an organized bit of notes. (Though I may also make a poster with all the sound shifts and everything for my personal use.) I might offer to share it with them in exchange for literature help.
(Though two of them said the language in Grass was deliberately confusing to make you feel unsettled, and I was like "wat" because it's not that confusing? It's just non-linear and a braided story and frequently non-book-standard constructions that people use in talking and also a lot of references to other things. They're not native speakers. I'm not either, and I have to re-read sentences a lot because they didn't go where I was expecting, but I don't find it confusing. Just dense.)
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Date: 2016-09-11 05:20 pm (UTC)From:My scientific background really helps with linguistics (a science!)
I'm contemplating putting together a summary/review of chapters 2 & 3 of HOG based on what he covered in class and what's in the book if I have time tomorrow (though a lot of it is tables and charts), because it may be helpful for the midterm & final to have an organized bit of notes. (Though I may also make a poster with all the sound shifts and everything for my personal use.) I might offer to share it with them in exchange for literature help.
(Though two of them said the language in Grass was deliberately confusing to make you feel unsettled, and I was like "wat" because it's not that confusing? It's just non-linear and a braided story and frequently non-book-standard constructions that people use in talking and also a lot of references to other things. They're not native speakers. I'm not either, and I have to re-read sentences a lot because they didn't go where I was expecting, but I don't find it confusing. Just dense.)