Naomi Nagy

Linguistics at U of T

Canadian English

LIN 201 (Fall 2009) Syllabus

Course Requirements | Course Description

Week

Date
(Thursdays)

Topic

Reading
(Read for THIS DAY's class)

Homework

Where did Canadian English come from? And how do we know?

1

9/10

Organizational concepts and methods

Woit 2004, Fromkin et al. Ch. 11

In class assignment

2

9/17

Background

Walker 2005, Schneider 2008

film: Dialects of Canadian English

Day 1 Survey in Blackboard due

3

9/24

Roots

Geike 1857, Scargill 1957, Chambers 2001, Chambers 2006

HW 1 due (Variables)

What unifies Canadian English?

4

10/1

Lexical features

Gregg 1993, Chambers 2006: Dialect Topography (read online), Boberg 2005, Zeller 1993

HW 2 due (Dialect Topography)

5

10/8

Phonology and Phonetics

Allen 1975, Wells 1982 ("Canada"), Boberg 2005b

6

10/15

Grammar and discourse features

Paddock 1975, Gold 2008, Tagliamonte & D'Arcy 2004

HW 3 due (Data)

7

10/22

Day to work on your group research project in class

What are some other distinctions within Canadian English?

8

10/29

What about ethnicity?
and other mother tongues?

Boberg 2004, Chumak-Horbatsch 1987, Klotz 199 (read online), Goldstein 1997, McKinnie 2000

Research project proposal due

Last day to drop this course is Nov. 3

9

11/5

What about regions?:
Alberta & Quebec

Avis 1975, Peritz 1997, Chambers & Heisler 1999, McArthur 1989

Fall Break Nov. 12-13 (No classes)

10

11/19
What about regions?:
Newfoundland & Labrador

Wells 1982 ("Newfoundland"), Clarke 1993, Clarke 2006, D'Arcy 2005 (read online)

In class assignment &
HW 4 due (Abstract)

What can you add to our knowledge?

11

11/26

Presentations of your group research projects

12
12/3

12/4
Your final papers/posters are due in my office by 3:00 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 4.

12/9

Final Exam Wednesday, December 9, 2-4 pm,
11 Ramsay Wright Laboratories, 25 Harbord Street

Course meeting time: Thursdays 12:10-2:00 in Sidney Smith Hall 1070.

Course website: http://individual.utoronto.ca/ngn/LIN/courses/LIN201/LIN201.F09.syll.htm

Course requirements: http://individual.utoronto.ca/ngn/LIN/courses/LIN201/LIN201.requirements.htm

Readings: will be made available via Blackboard.

Prerequisite: LING 100 or LIN 200. This prerequisite is essential to provide the background material in linguistic theory that you will need for this class. In particular, you should review phonology, phonetics, and the International Phonetic alphabet.

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Updated October 19, 2009

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