Date: Mon, 17 Jul 1995 17:52:56 -0500

From: mai kuha mkuha[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]SILVER.UCS.INDIANA.EDU

Subject: Case studies needed



Dear colleagues,



I'm preparing to teach an introductory course in language variation, and

I'd like to get your help. Could you recommend any case studies,

either from published sources or from your own experience, that would be

appropriate for class discussion?



What I'm looking for in a case study is a description of a real

situation, preferably a somewhat controversial one. Ideally, it would

include some background information, a description of the conflicts

involved, the sequence of events up to a point where a decision is

needed, and a description of the actual decision taken.



Since the course is on language variation, relevant case studies would

include anecdotes on discrimination in the workplace or in the

educational system because of language choice or dialect choice, or

cases involving difficult decisions in language planning or language

legislation.



I've never used case studies before, so advice and comments are also

welcome! My address is

mkuha[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]silver.ucs.indiana.edu



Thanks for your help.



Mai Kuha