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Linguistics at U of T

Language Variation and Change

LIN351 Syllabus for Winter 2023

Course Requirements | Course Description

TUTORIAL (Tuesdays)

LECTURE (Thursdays)

Week

Date

Topic

Reading

(Doing Slx)

Homework

(Due Tues. by 1pm)

Date

Topic

Reading

(Understanding Slx)

1

no tutorial

Jan. 12

Introduction

Ch. 1

2

 

Jan. 17

Variables, envelop of variation, review IPA

Ch 2

quick survey

Jan. 19

Variables; ELAN

Ch. 2,

Irwin & Nagy 2007

Jan. 22

Last day to add S courses

3

Jan. 24

Coding & indices

Ch 2

Define variables & prep ELAN

Jan. 26

Place

4

Jan. 31

Ethics in fieldwork;

Sampling

Ch 3, Ch 4

Code dep. var

Feb. 2

Style

Ch. 3

5

Feb. 7

Distributional analysis

Ch 11

Code indep. lx. vars

Feb. 9

Attitudes; Ethics

Ch. 4

6

Feb. 14

Distributional analysis

Ch 12

to p. 127

Code indep. soc. vars & export

Feb. 16

Change

Guest R. Prazeres

Ch. 7

Reading Week Feb. 20-24

7

Feb. 28

Identifying patterns & Presenting data

Ch 13

Ch 1 Ex 4, Ch 12 Ex 1

Mar. 2

Class

Ch. 8

8

Mar. 7

Design IV module

Skim Labov IV modules (in Quercus & DS Companion website)

Distributional analysis 1

Mar. 9

Networks

Ch. 9

9

 

Mar. 14

Significance; interpreting MEMs

Ch 12

from p. 128

Create IV module

Mar. 16

Gender

Ch. 10

to p. 246

Mar. 19

 Last day to drop S courses

10

Mar. 21

Recording & transcribing

Ch 10

Distributional analysis 2

Mar. 23

Gender

Ch. 10

from p. 246

11

Mar. 28

Design a research project

Ch 1

Conduct short IV & transcribe

Mar. 30

Contact

Guest P. Umbal

Ch. 11

12

Apr. 4

Multiple variables; comparative analysis

Ch 14

Course evaluations & read about implicit bias in Quercus

Apr. 6

conduct MEMs;

What next?

Ch. 12

Monday, April 24, 9-11am (not 9:10)

In-person Final Exam
Location: 119 Wycliffe College (WY)

 

Course meeting time: Lectures Thursdays 1:10-3:00 in LM 161.

Course website: http://individual.utoronto.ca/ngn/LIN/courses/LIN351/LIN351_23W_schedule.htm

Course requirements: http://individual.utoronto.ca/ngn/LIN/courses/LIN351/LIN351.requirements.htm

Reading list: http://individual.utoronto.ca/ngn/LIN/courses/LIN351/LIN351.reading.htm

Prerequisite for LIN 351: LIN 251. This prerequisite is essential to provide the background material that you will need for this class.


Return to the Course Description for LIN 351 | Go to Quercus to find other resources for this class.

Updated Mar. 7, 2023

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