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Stanley Van Horn

Director

English Language Center
Student Affairs
Adjunct Faculty
syvelc@rit.edu
585-475-6939
Office Location
MON-2045
Office Mailing Address
English Language Center Monroe Hall 2045 28 Lomb

Stanley Van Horn

Director

English Language Center
Student Affairs
Adjunct Faculty

Bio

Education:
B.S., Linguistics, B.S., French, Georgetown University
M.A., Linguistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ph.D., Linguistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Thesis: Linguistic Creativity and Professional Discourse Strategies: an intercultural perspectiveResearch Interests: Applied linguistics for language learning, English for Academic and Specific Purposes, Intensive English program administration, World Englishes, Cross-cultural communication, Business and professional Communication, Discourse analysis of oral and written genres, Pacific island literatures in English. 

Publications:
David S. Martins & Stanley Van Horn. 'I am No Longer Sure This Serves Our Students Well: Redesigning FYW to Prepare Students fror Transnational Literacy Realities' in The internationalization of US Writing Programs, edited by Shirley K. Rose and Irwin Weiser. Logan: Utah State University Press, 2018, pp. 151-167.
'World Englishes and Global Commerce' in The Handbook of World Englishes, edited by Braj B. Kachru, Yamuna Kachru and Cecil L. Nelson. Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 2006, pp. 620-642.
'Symposium on Ethics, Ideology and world Englishes: Introduction' in World Englishes 22:3, August 2003, pp. 215-216. Guest-editor of this symposium.
'Creativity and Ideology in Maori Literature in English' in Three Circles of English. edited by Edwin Thumboo. Singapore: UniPress, National University of Singapore, 2001, pp. 159-177.
'Linguistics, TESL, and Language Planning in Micronesia' in Literacy and Writing Systems in Asia. Special issue of Studies in the Linguistics Sciences 30:1, November 2000, pp. 185-200.
'Genre, Register and Sociolinguistics' in World Englishes 16:3, November 1997, pp. 321-336.

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Currently Teaching

ANTH-104
Language and Linguistics
3 Credits
Language has a crucial role in our lives as a functional system of human communication. Language is central to our cultures and societies. This course provides an introduction to the field of linguistics. It considers both how language is described and analyzed by linguists and how evidence from language can shed light on a variety of social, cultural, and cognitive phenomena. The course provides an orientation both to human language and the field of linguistics. It introduces the languages of the world, how languages have been described, the diversity in language structure, the issue of language endangerment and death, and the efforts to document and preserve the world’s languages, among other topics.
ANTH-220
Language and Culture: Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology
3 Credits
Language is a core element of culture, both as a repository of meaning, and also because it is the primary means through which humans carry out social relationships, share ideas, and contest received understandings. Linguistic anthropology investigates this interplay between language and culture. Topics will vary by semester, and may include metaphor and narrative; language acquisition in relationship to childhood socialization; language, thought, and worldview; language and identity; multilingualism; the social contexts of language change; literacy; and the politics of language use and language ideologies.
ENGL-370
Evolving English Language
3 Credits
What makes the English language so difficult? Where do our words come from? Why does Old English look like a foreign language? This course surveys the development of the English language from its beginning to the present to answer such questions as these. Designed for anyone who is curious about the history and periods of the English language or the nature of language change.
LING-370
Evolving English Language
3 Credits
What makes the English language so difficult? Where do our words come from? Why does Old English look like a foreign language? This course surveys the development of the English language from its beginning to the present to answer such questions as these. Designed for anyone who is curious about the history and periods of the English language or the nature of language change. You will examine connections among English speech communities world-wide and their English varieties.