Tentative Course calendar – updated Tuesday, October 14, 2008
WSE = Wolfram and Schilling-Estes
*Additional readings from other sources may also be assigned at my discretion.*
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Week |
Tuesday |
Thursday |
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1 |
1 (T 30 Sep) Introduction Bureaucratic preliminaries |
2 (Th 2 Oct) History and definitions of dialectology and sociolinguistics Milroy & Gordon Ch. 1 (on reserve); Handbook of Language Variation and Change p. 3-12 (optional reading) |
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2 |
3 (T 7 Oct) Dialects, methodology WSE, Ch 1 and 2 |
4 (Th 9 Oct) |
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3 |
5 (T 14 Oct) Dialects, methodology Milroy & Gordon Ch. 2, 3 (on reserve) |
6 (Th 16 Oct) Dialect levels; history of dialects in the WSE, Ch 3 (Ex 6), WSE, Ch 4 |
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4 |
7 (T 21 Oct) Dialect levels; history of dialects in the WSE, Ch 3 (Ex 6), WSE, Ch 4 (Ex 3)
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8 (Th 23 Oct) Regional dialects WSE Ch 5 Video: “Do you Speak American” |
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5 |
9 (T 28 Oct) Video: “Do you Speak American” WSE Ch 5 Assignment 1 due - Discuss |
10 (Th 30 Oct) Video: “Do you Speak American” Regional dialects WSE Ch 5 Dialect attitudes, Assignment 1 due - Discuss |
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6 |
11 (T 4 Nov) Regional dialects WSE Ch 5 Dialect attitudes, |
12 (Th 6 Nov) Social and ethnic dialects WSE Ch 6, Milroy & Gordon Ash Handbook article, Chambers Handbook article |
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7 |
13 (T 11 Nov) VETERAN’S DAY NO CLASS |
14 (Th 13 Nov) Assignment 2 due – Discuss WSE Ch 5 Dialect attitudes, |
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8 |
15 (T 18 Nov) Language Change Chambers article WSE Ch 6 |
16 (Th 20 Nov) African American English WSE Ch 7 - Ethnicity Fought Handbook article |
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9 |
17 (T 25 Nov) Gender and Sex WSE, Chapter 8, Eckert article, Coates article |
18(Th 27 Nov) THANKSGIVING! NO CLASS |
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10 |
19 (T 2 Dec) Style WSE, Chapter 9, Schilling-Estes article Assignment 3 due – Discuss |
20 (Th 4 Dec) Style Grad Article Review
due Review |
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Take-home final due: W Dec 10, 2008 by noon in my box in Ling office! |
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