ngn.artsci.utoronto.cangn.artsci.utoronto.ca LIN 351 Schedule

Linguistics at U of T

LIN 351 Sociolinguistic Patterns

Winter 2012 Course Schedule | Readings | Requirements
LECTURE (Tuesdays) TUTORIAL (Wednesdays)
Week
Date Topic Reading Date Topic Reading HW DUE in this tutorial
1
Jan. 10 INTRO  
no tutorial
2
Jan. 17 VARIABLES
(Dep. & indep.)
Labov 01: xi-xiii, 3-6;
Chambers Ch. 1
Jan. 18 linguistic variables, principle of accountability, review IPA Irwin&Nagy 07 HWs are due by beginning of tut. Submit via Bb unless otherwise instructed.
3
Jan. 24 CLASS Chambers Ch. 2, pp. 38-74;
Labov 01:29-34
Jan. 25 Intro Term Project Tagliamonte 07: 190-202 Part 1 & 2 (Part 1 to turn in)
4
Jan. 31 NETWORK & MOBILITY Chambers Ch. 2, pp. 75-114 Feb. 1 Intro ELAN Tagliamonte 07:202-214 Part 3
5
Feb. 7 SEX Chambers Ch. 3 Feb. 8 Fieldwork issues Meyerhoff&Schleef 09 Part 4
6
Feb. 14 CHANGE I Chambers Ch. 4, pp. 159-198;
Sankoff&Blondeau 07
Feb. 15 Change; Intro Goldvarb Maclagan et al. 09  
Reading Week Feb. 20-24
7
Feb. 28 CHANGE II Chambers Ch. 4, pp. 198-217;
Feagin 90
Feb. 29 Review for Test;
More on Goldvarb
Part 5 & 6 (Part 5 to turn in)
8
Mar. 6
MIDTERM TEST
Mar. 7
no tutorial
Last day to drop "S" courses Mar. 13
9
Mar. 13 ETHNICITY Fought 02 Mar. 14 Distributional analysis; constructing identity Bailey 00 Part 7
10
Mar. 20 REGIONAL Labov 07;
Nagy&Irwin 2010
Mar. 21 Multivariate analysis

reread Tagliamonte 07

Part 8 (to turn in)
11
Mar. 27 PHON. THEORY Guy 07 Mar. 28 Activity: design a research project connecting to phon. or syn. theory   Part 9 (to turn in)
12
Apr. 3 ATTITUDES Niedzielski 02;
McKinnie&O’Cain 02
Apr. 4 Review for final   Part 10 (to turn in)
Review session TBA (optional)

FINAL EXAM - Tuesday, April 24 9:00-11:00 AM
NF 003 = Northrop Frye Hall, Room 003, Victoria College, 73 Queen's Park Crescent

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