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Week
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Date
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Topics
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Reading
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Assignment (due before Monday class unless otherwise noted)
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1
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W
9/3
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Variation(ist) Sociolx
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Tagliamonte Ch. 1;
Intro Video for HLVC
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2
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M
9/8
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1. Identify your
variable and its variants
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Tagliamonte Ch. 5;
Bayley 2013
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Survey "A little
about you” &
HW 1: Syllabus report
[both due Sep. 10, 5pm]
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W
9/10
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2. Access the data
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Nagy & Meyerhoff
2015/17
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3
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M
9/15
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Transcribe
& Code in ELAN
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Ex. 2: Designing a
study
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W
9/17
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3. Identify constraints,
Formulate hypotheses, Code data
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Tagliamonte Ch. 6
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4
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M
9/22
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Code
linguistic factors
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D’Arcy 2013
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Ex. 5: Locating & Circumscribing
a Lx Variable
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W
9/24
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SOCIAL
FACTOR FEST
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see readings
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Present one factor in
class today
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5
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M
9/29
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SOCIAL
FACTOR FEST, cont.
Code social factors
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Ex. 6: Devising a Coding
Schema
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W
10/1
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4. Organize data
Explore your data
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Tagliamonte Ch. 7
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[code your data]
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6
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M
10/6
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Abstract
round robin
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Project proto-abstract
[re-submit at end of
class]
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W
10/8
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5. Get Results, Use
Statistics
Distributional analysis
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Tagliamonte Ch. 8
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[code your data]
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7
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M
10/13
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NO CLASS -
THANKSGIVING
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W
10/15
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Groups vs.
individuals
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Brezina &
Meyerhoff 2014
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[code your data]
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8
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M
10/20
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Phonological variation
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Hay et al 2010
or Walker 2012
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Ex. 7: Knowing &
Adjusting your data
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W
10/22
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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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M
10/27 & W 10/29
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READING WEEK - NO CLASS
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Tagliamonte Ch. 9
(head start!)
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9
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M
11/3
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Exploratory
Modeling
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Tagliamonte Ch. 9
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Ex. 8: Distributional
Analyses
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W
11/5
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Mixed
Effects Modeling
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Tagliamonte Ch. 10
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[code your data]
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10
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M
11/10
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Graphing
your data
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Tagliamonte Ch. 11
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Ex. 9: Ctree modeling
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T
11/11
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Last day to drop F courses.
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W
11/12
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Grammatical variation
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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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11
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M
11/17
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FORMAL FEST II
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[Grad students each pick
a reading]
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Ex. 10: Statistical
Models
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W
11/19
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6. Interpret your data
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Tagliamonte Ch. 12
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[keep modeling]
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12
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M
11/24
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Run/Discuss
your analyses; consider formal theory implications
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Ex. 11: Synthesise
visualisations
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W
11/26
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Run/Discuss
your analyses; consider formal theory implications
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Tagliamonte Ch. 13
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Ex. 12: Tables for your data
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13
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M
12/1
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Reports
& Conclusions --
Share your best findings [5-10 min each]
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Revised project
abstract
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T
12/2
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MAKE-UP DAY
(Tuesday acting as a Monday)
More reports, if we need the time
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M
12/8
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Ex. 13: Research paper (for project)
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