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Naomi NagyLinguistics at U of T |
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LIN 1256: Advanced Language Variation & Change
Sociophonetics of Perception
Course Schedule (2022)
Course Description * Reading * Assessment
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Week |
Date |
Topic |
Reading for this week |
Work assigned (Due the following week; HW details in Quercus) |
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1 |
1/11 |
Introduction: sociophonetics normalization, implicit bias |
Drager 2010 |
Voices of Toronto survey |
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2 |
1/20 |
Sociophonetics of production |
Kendall&Fridland2021 Ch 1 and §2.5 for everyone (§2.1, 2.4 if needed) |
Describe an ethnolect |
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3 |
1/27 |
Perception & Normalization |
Nagy2006: 391-2; Kendall&Fridland2021 §3.1.5, 5.2.3, 5.4, 6.7 |
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4 |
2/3 |
Perceptions of ethnicity
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Choose article from list in Q
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Focus Group Questions and Coding Scheme (revision) due Feb. 17 |
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5 |
2/10 |
Implicit Bias & Focus Group Project: Design |
Eberhardt2019 Intro, Chs. 1-3 (excerpts) Bajorek2019 Watt,Fabricius&Kendall2011 |
[postponed] Media survey OR Lit. review |
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6 |
2/17 |
More methods |
Abtahian&al forthcoming |
Focus Group 1: conduct focus group by 3/3 |
| 2/21-2/25 | Reading Week | |||
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7 |
3/3 |
More methods for evaluating attitides | Vaughn & Becker NWAV video (watch before class; chat with Dr. Vaughn)
Levon&Buchstaller2015 |
2nd try: Focus Group 1: conduct focus group by 3/10 |
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8 |
3/10 |
Project design: Discuss how to code/interpret/analyze Focus Group data |
Kircher&Fox2019b |
Focus Group Analysis |
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9 |
3/17 |
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Media survey OR Lit. review [originally assigned to be due Week 6] |
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10 |
3/24 |
Workshop Focus group data |
Clopper,Hay&Plichta2011 Regan2020 |
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11 |
3/31 |
More on methods |
2 NWAV abstracts |
Technical article |
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12 |
4/7 |
Writing for the public |
Op-ed |
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Updated March 2, 2022 |