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Linguistics at U of T

TBB 199.16W: Exploring Heritage Languages

Syllabus (Schedule)

In Winter 2016, TBB 199 (Section 0281) meets on Wednesdays, 10:10-12:00 in 1078 Sid Smith (SS).

Syllabus

Week Date Topic Reading Assignments
1 Jan. 13 What are heritage languages?
How do we read, discuss and write to learn? 		There are assigned support readings listed in the Wikipedia project.
Content readings are assigned here.

Read syllabus and Bb

HW 1:
Start blogging
(due Jan. 18)

2

Jan. 20

[Today's class in Robarts Library room 4033]

How do we do library research at U of T?

Guest speaker: L. Soglasnova

Escholz, Rosa & Clark 99

APA site & tutorial

HW 2:
Wiki: Wikipedia Basics
(due Jan. 20)

HW 3:
Wiki: Choose language & start finding sources
(in class Jan. 20)

3 Jan. 24 Last day to add a class
Jan. 27

What are your HL experiences?
How does fieldwork work?

HLVC website

Chambers 06

Tan 05

Schleef & Meyerhoff 09:1-10

HW 4:
Wiki: Copyedit an article
(due Jan. 27)
4 Feb. 3

What can happen to HLs?

Polinsky & Kagan 07 (pp. 368-84)

Berry 98

HW 5:
Wiki: Draft starter article
(due Feb. 3)
5 Feb. 10 What are some connections between ethnicity and language?

Cunha 05

Marquez 99

Oh & Fuligni 09 (to p. 208, at least)

HW 6: Wiki: Complete first draft
(due Feb. 10)

HW 7: Wiki: Choose articles to peer review
(due Feb. 12)
Feb. 14-18 Reading Week -- NO CLASSES, No office hours
6 Feb. 24

What are some connections between other social factors and language?
How do we write about research?

Your choice of 1 of:

  • Hrycyna, Lapinskaya, Kochetov & Nagy 2011
  • Nagy, Aghdasi, Denis & Motut 2011
  • Shkvorets 2015

HW 8: Wiki: Move to mainspace
(due Feb. 24)

HW 9: Wiki: Illustrate
(due Feb. 29)
7 Mar. 2 More on socially-conditioned variation

Meyerhoff 06:102-121 &

your choice of 1 of:

  • Goldstein 97
  • Chumak-Horbatch 87
 HW 10: Wiki: Peer review
(due Mar. 2)
Mar. 8 Last day to drop a "W" class
8 Mar. 9 How do we analyze linguistic structure?

HW 11:
Learning about the structure of a HL
(due Mar. 9)

9 Mar. 16 How do we go out and do fieldwork?

Schleef & Meyerhoff 09:10-13

HW 12:
Wiki: Second draft
(due Mar. 16)

10 Mar. 23 What do you know about HLs in school?

Ricento 2013:525-537

Polinsky & Kagan 07:384-390
11 Mar. 30

How are politics and globalization relevant to HLs?

Crystal 05

Your choice of 1 of:

  • Brown 05
  • Chu 05
  • Duff-Brown 05
  • Duffy 05
  • Fallows 98
  • Hayakawa 89
  • Tagliabue 05
 HW 13: EOQ/linguistic analysis
(due Mar. 30)
12 Apr. 6 Wrap-up and catch-up
In class Final wiki assignment		 HW 14: Wiki: Post final article
(due Apr. 4)

 

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Updated Feb. 1, 2016

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