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Linguistics at U of T

LIN 199.22W: Exploring Heritage Languages

Syllabus (Schedule)

In Winter 2022, LIN 199 meets on Tuesdays, 1:10-3:00 pm, in Wetmore Hall, Room 75.
Beginning February 8, the class meets in person.
There is a Zoom link in Quercus for anyone who cannot attend in person on Feb. 8 or 15.

Syllabus

Week Date Topic Reading Assignment
1 Jan. 11 What are heritage languages?
How do we read, discuss & write to learn?

Read syllabus and Quercus

Escholz, Rosa & Clark 05 (on reading)

HW 1: Your own heritage language (HL) experiences
(due Jan. 18, solo)

2

Jan. 18

What are your HL experiences?
How does fieldwork work?

Jan. 23 Last day to add a class
3 Jan. 25

How do we do library research at U of T?

Guest speakers: Lana Soglasnova & Ben Walsh

Escholz, Rosa & Clark 05: 662-673 (on citing sources)

APA site & tutorial

HW 2: Library resources webpage
(due Feb. 1, solo)

4 Feb. 1 What are some connections between ethnicity and language?

Read 1 carefully to present; skim the rest:

  • Cunha 05
  • Marquez 99
  • Oh & Fuligni 09 (to p. 208, at least)
  • Tan 05
5 Feb. 8 What about attitudes?

Guardado 02

Sevinç 17

HW 3: A little fieldwork
(due Feb. 15, group)

6 Feb. 15

What can happen to HLs?

Polinsky & Kagan 07 (pp. 368-84)

Feb. 21-25Reading Week -- NO CLASSES
7 Mar. 1 How do we analyze linguistic structure connected to social groups?

Your choice of 1 of 5 to present in class:

  • Łyskawa et al. 16
  • Iannozzi 15
  • Pabst et al. 17
  • Shkvorets 15
  • Tse 16

HW 4: Exploring attitudes
(draft due Mar. 8, group)

8 Mar. 8 How do we write about research?

Guest speaker: Pocholo Umbal

revisit the papers from last week
9 Mar. 15 What happens with heritage languages at home?

Chumak-Horbatch 87

HW 5: Linguistic structures
(draft due Mar. 22, group)

10 Mar. 22 What happens with heritage languages in school?

Goldstein 97

Polinsky & Kagan 07:384-390

11 Mar. 29

How are politics and globalization relevant to HLs?

Crystal 05

Ricento 2013:525-537

HW 6: Formal report (from drafts of HWs 3-6)
(due Apr. 5, solo)
12 Apr. 5 Wrap-up and catch-up

 

Updated Mar. 8, 2022

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