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Week
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Date
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Topic
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Reading
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Assignment
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1
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M 9/12
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Stages of Variationist Research
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Walker Ch. 1
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Note: See
descriptions
of HWs in
Quercus
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W 9/14
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1. Identify
your variable and its variants
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Walker Ch. 2,
Bayley 2013
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2
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M 9/19
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2. Accessing the data
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Nagy & Meyerhoff 2015
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Survey "A little about you” &
HW 1: Syllabus report [both due 5pm Toronto time]
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W 9/21
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Transcribe & Code in ELAN
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3
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M 9/26
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3. Identify constraints
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Walker Ch. 3
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HW 2: Quick report on sample design & token search / Tag2006:35-6,98 [due at start of class]
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W 9/28
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Coding linguistic factors
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D’Arcy 2013
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[code your data]
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4
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M 10/3
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SOCIAL FACTOR FEST
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Present one factor in class today
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W 10/5
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Design your social factor coding schema
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HW 3: schema for dep & indep. vars. for your project /Tag2006:15-16 [due at end of class. You can complete this during class time, but
the professor will be away at a conference.]
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5
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M 10/10
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NO CLASS (Thanksgiving
& NWAV50 10/13-15)
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W 10/12
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Abstract round robin
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HW 4: Project (proto-) abstract [see abstract
tips] [due at
end of class]
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6
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M 10/17
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4. Code and analyze
Groups vs. individuals
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Brezina & Meyerhoff 2014
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[code your data]
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W 10/19
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Coding and MV/MEM in Rbrul
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Tamminga 2011
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[code your data]
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7
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M 10/24
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Phon. variation
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Walker Ch. 5;
Hay et al 2010 or Walker 2012
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HW 5: Speaker distribution table(s) [due at start of class; optional for grad students]
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W 10/26
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FORMAL FEST I
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Nagy 2013 or
King 2013
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[code your data]
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8
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M 10/31
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5. Results & Statistics
Distributional analysis
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Walker Ch. 4
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W 11/2
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Run/discuss your analyses
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HW 6: Token file [due at
end of class; optional for grad students]
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M 11/7 & W 11/9
READING WEEK - NO CLASS
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Please (re-)read Walker Ch. 5
& 6 and think about directions for your paper.
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9
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M 11/14
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More on stats
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Gorman & Johnson 2013
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[code & export & organize your data]
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W 11/16
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Run/discuss your analyses
Last
day to drop F courses.
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HW 7: Distrib. analysis / Tag2006:189-90, 215-6 [Due
before class; optional for grad students]
and HW 8: MV analysis – take
1 / Tag2006:157) [due at end of class]
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10
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M 11/21
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Grammatical variation
Derek Denis, guest lecturer
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Walker Ch. 6,
Owens et. al. 2013
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Grad students – submit outline of presentation (earlier is ok!
select from Formal Fest List)
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W 11/23
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6. Interpret your data
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Walker Ch. 9
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HW 9: (Revised) Abstract/Tag2006:35-6,98 [due
before class]
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11
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M 11/28
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FORMAL FEST II
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W 11/30
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Run your analyses;
consider formal theory implications
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Walker Ch. 7
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HW 10: Paper draft (describing your research
project [due
before class]
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12
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M 12/5
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Run/discuss your analyses
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W 12/7
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Reports & Conclusions
Best findings [5-10 min each]
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Re-analyze; write-up final paper about your project /Tag2006:262 [due before class]
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12/8
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CANCELLED(Thursday acting as Monday) Make-up day
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