Doris O.
Ginn
Linguist, Associate Professor
of English, Tenured
Coordinator of Linguistics and English
as a Second Language
Supervisor of Teacher Candidates in English Education
Ph.D., Linguistics, State University
of New York at Buffalo , Buffalo , New York
Dissertation Topic: “Aspects
of Bidialectism Among Afro-Americans of the United States ”
M.A.,
Pedagogy-Linguistics, Georgetown University , Washington , D.C.
B.S.,
Language Arts, Jackson State (College) University, Jackson , MS
Office: 403 College of Liberal
Arts Building
Phone:
601.979.2869
E-mail: dginn@jsums.edu
Research Interests
Pidgin and Creole Languages, Bilingualism, Textual Analysis, Sociocultural
Linguistic History of the Diaspora, and African American Dialects.
Teaching Interests
Linguistics, English, English as a Second Language/Dialect, and Cultural
Aspects of Literature.
Academic Specializations
Sociolinguistics, Dialectology, African American Dialects, Bilingualism,
English as a Foreign Language, English as a Second Language/Dialect,
Syntax, Pidgin and Creole Languages, Tagmemics, and Composition.
COURSES TAUGHT:
Graduate
- Advanced Laboratory Writing
- Research and Bibliography
- Fundamentals of Linguistics
- Phonetics and Phonemics
- Applied Linguistics
- Semantics
- Transformational Syntax
- Tagmemics
- Dialectology
- Psycholinguistics
- Sociolinguistics
- Second Language Teaching
- The History of Linguistic Science
- Thesis Writing
- English as a Second Language
- Morphology and Syntax
- Linguistics in the Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Linguistics in Education
Undergraduate
- Composition and Literature
- Composition and Mass Media
- Composition and Language
- Laboratory Writing
- Critical Writing
- Technical Writing
- Professional Writing
- Specialized Writing
- Grammar and Composition
- Advanced College Writing
- The Research Paper
- History of the English Language
- English Word Power
- Language Arts in the Secondary Schools
- Linguistics and the Teaching of English
- Introduction to Linguistics
- Semantics and Journalism Style
- Introduction to Literature
- English Literature
- American Literature
- Recent American Literature
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