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Week |
Date |
Topic |
Reading
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Assignment
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1 |
M 9/11 |
Stages of Variationist
Research |
Walker Ch. 1 |
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W 9/13 |
0. Accessing the data |
D’Arcy 2013 |
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2 |
M 9/18 |
Transcribe & Code in ELAN |
Nagy & Meyerhoff 2015 |
Bb Survey "A little about you" |
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W 9/20 |
1. Identify your variable and
its variants |
Walker Ch. 2, Bayley 2013 |
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3 |
M 9/25 |
Distributional analysis |
Tamminga 2011 |
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W 9/27 |
2. Identify constraints |
Walker Ch. 3 |
quick report on sample design & token search – all files / Tag2006:35-6,98 [due at
start of class] |
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4 |
M 10/2 |
Coding linguistic factors |
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W 10/4 |
Abstract round robin (Ruth Maddeaux, guest instructor)
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Project abstract [see abstract tips] |
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5 |
M 10/9 |
THANKSGIVING NO CLASS |
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W 10/11 |
SOCIAL FACTOR FEST
|
select 1 from set in Bb
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6 |
M 10/16 |
3. Code and analyze –
demo
Groups vs. individuals |
Brezina & Meyerhoff 2014 |
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W 10/18 |
Design your social factor
schema |
|
coding schema for
your dep & indep. vars. /Tag2006:15-16
[due at end of class] |
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7 |
M 10/23 |
Coding and MV/MEM in
Rbrul |
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W 10/25 |
FORMAL FEST I |
Nagy 2013 or King 2013 |
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8 |
M 10/30 |
Phon. variation
|
Walker Ch. 5, Hay et al 2010 or Walker 2012 |
speaker distribution table(s) [due at start
of class]
|
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W 11/1 |
Run your analyses |
Walker Ch. 4 |
token file [due at
end of class]
|
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9 |
M 11/6 & W 11/8 READING WEEK |
NO CLASS
Please Read Walker Ch. 5 & 6 and think about directions for your paper. |
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10 |
M 11/13 |
4. Results & Statistics (Ruth Maddeaux, guest instructor) |
Gorman & Johnson 2013 |
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W 11/15 |
Run your analyses |
|
distrib analysis/Tag2006:189,
215 and MV analysis – take 1 /Tag2006:157) [due at end
of class] |
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11 |
M 11/20 |
Grammatical variation | Walker Ch. 6, Owens et. al. 2013 | Grad students – submit outline of presentation
(earlier is ok! select from Formal Fest Readings in Bb)
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W 11/22 |
Run your analyses
|
Walker Ch. 7 |
abstract/Tag266:35-6,98
[due before class]
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12 |
M 11/27 |
5. Interpret your data |
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W 11/29 |
FORMAL FEST II |
Walker Ch. 9
|
Paper draft [due before class] |
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13 |
M 12/4 |
Wrap-up / Conclusions |
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W 12/6-7 |
Presentations on analysis – Best findings [5-10 min each]
If needed for presentations, we will use the "MAKE-UP MONDAY" on Thurs. 12/7, 10am-12pm |
Re-analyze; write-up final paper /Tag2006:262 [due before
class] |
