ngn.artsci.utoronto.cangn.artsci.utoronto.ca Naomi Nagy

Linguistics at U of T

LIN 351 Sociolinguistic Patterns

Spring 2011 Course Schedule | Readings | Requirements
LECTURE (Tuesdays) TUTORIAL (Wednesdays)
Week
Date Topic Reading Date Topic Reading HW Due
1
Jan. 11 INTRO   no tutorial
2
Jan. 18 VARIABLES (Dep. & indep.) Labov 01:xi-xiii, 3-6;
Chambers Ch. 1
Jan. 19 linguistic variables, principle of accountability, review IPA Green 07 HWs are due at beginning of tut.
3
Jan. 25 CLASS Chambers Ch. 2, pp. 38-74;
Labov 01:29-34
Jan. 26 Intro Term Project Tagliamonte 07: 190-202 Part 1 & 2 (Part 1 to turn in)
4
Feb. 1 NETWORK & MOBILITY Chambers Ch. 2, pp. 75-114 Feb. 2 Intro Goldvarb Tagliamonte 07:202-214 Part 3
5
Feb. 8 SEX Chambers Ch. 3 Feb. 9 Fieldwork issues Dines 1980;
Schleef&Meyerhoff 09
Part 4
6
Feb. 15 CHANGE I Chambers Ch. 4, pp. 159-198;
Sankoff&Blondeau 07
Feb. 16 Algonquian
data
Tagliamonte&Denis 2010  
Reading Week Feb. 22-26
7
Mar. 1 CHANGE II Chambers Ch. 4, pp. 198-217;
Feagin 90
Mar. 2 Review for Test;
More on Goldvarb
Part 5 & 6 (Part 5 to turn in)
8
Mar. 8 MIDTERM TEST   Mar. 9 no tutorial
Last day to drop "S" courses Mar. 13
9
Mar. 15 ETHNICITY Fought 02 Mar. 16 Distributional analysis; constructing identity Bailey 00 Part 7
10
Mar. 22 REGIONAL Labov 07;
Nagy&Irwin 2010
Mar. 23 Multivariate analysis

reread Tagliamonte 07

Part 8 (to turn in)
11
Mar. 29 PHON. THEORY Guy 07 Mar. 30 Activity: design a research project connecting to phon. or syn. theory   Part 9 (to turn in)
12
Apr. 5 ATTITUDES Niedzielski 02;
McKinnie&O’Cain 02
Apr. 6 Review for final   Part 10 (to turn in)
Review session TBA (optional)

Final Exam - Wednesday, April 27, 2011, 2:00-4:00 in Seeley Hall, Trinity College, 6 Hoskin Avenue

2:00, not 2:10!

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