Naomi Nagy

Assignment due
(before class, unless otherwise noted)

1/5

Intro: Big questions, our research interests

Siemund&Kintana '08

1/12

Contact I: What gets borrowed?

Matras '09 §6.2 & 8.4

Meet with Naomi

syllabus response

1/19

Analysis I: How do we analyze the data?

Hinskens et al. '14

Discussion section

1/26

Data collection & analysis: How do we prepare data?

DYD Ch. 2 Field Methods
Schleef&Meyerhoff '10;

coding tokens [new: due Jan. 26]

2/2

Corpora I: Why do we use corpora?

Gries '09
Bondi et al. '11:7-12

2/9

Contact II: Exs. of contact effects

Research project proposal

NO CLASS on Feb. 16 (Reading Week)

2/23

Dist. analysis;
Midterm course evals
(not graded)

3/2

Analysis II: Comparative variationist analysis

sample design

3/9

Corpora II: students present corpora: How do we use corpora?

McEnery&Hardie '12:Ch. 2

prepare corpora presentations

3/16

Analysis III: Accounting for variation theoretically

Research project abstract and bibliography

NEW: 3/27 (Fri.) 2-4pm in SS 560A

Quantifying contact effects

Buchstaller & D'Arcy '09
DYD Ch. 16

Revisit Dist. analysis HW with your data

3/30

Progress Reports in class: What have you found out?

DYD Ch. 15

Paper outline

4/6

Final paper about your research project due by noon on Monday, April 6, 2015.
Please submit a hard copy and via Bb.