Naomi Nagy

Linguistics at U of T

LIN 1256: Advanced Language Variation & Change
Language Contact, Corpora & Our Changing Society

Course Schedule (2021)

Course Description * Reading * Assessment

Week Date Topic Reading

Assignment due
(before class, unless otherwise noted)

§ 1
 1

1/14

Intro: Big questions, our research interests & experience

Siemund&Kintana '08

2

1/21

Contact I: What gets borrowed?

Matras '09 §6.2 & 8.4

Meet with Naomi

syllabus response
3

1/28

Corpora I: How do we analyze the data?

McEnery&Hardie '12
4

2/4

Change I: Changing language or changing society?

Gries '09
Hilpert '20 chapter or Hilpert '20 talk

McEnery&Hardie exercises
§ 2
 5

2/11

Contact II: Contact effects

Cambridge

Filppula et al. '09:1-16 [Vidhya]
Polinsky '95 [Justin]

 		(Some students present articles in class today)

NO CLASS Feb. 15-19 (Reading Week)
6

2/25

Contact II: Comparative variationist methods

Torres-Cacoullos&Travis '10 [Christopher]
Poplack et al. '12 [Nicki]
Lyskawa et al '16 [Anissa]

Project plan

(Some students present articles in class today)
7

3/4

Corpora II: How do corpus linguists work?

corpora presentations

Midterm course evals
8

3/11

Change II: How do we distinguish language vs. societal change?

present RNK chapter review

Changing societyChanging language
Ratia [Anissa]Aijmer [Nicki]
Brookes & Wright [Vidhya]Blanco-Suárez [Christopher]
Brinton [Justin]
§ 3
 9

3/18

 Project planning discussion

Replicate an RNK investigation

10

3/25

Contact III: Quantifying contact effects

Buchstaller&D'Arcy '09:304-324 or
Grafmiller & Szmrecsanyi '19

Paper abstract and bibliography

11 4/1

Corpora III: finish replicating Brookes & Wright 2020

review Brookes & Wright 2020 and your work on the RNK replication study before class

12

4/8

Progress Reports in class: What have you found out?

Paper outline or review by 5pm on Thursday, April 8, 2021.

Grey shading highlights components where students have work due.
Purple articles will be presented by a student. (Please sign up for one in Q.) [Article presentation guidelines]

Updated March 18, 2021

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