Course materials © for/by Peter L. Patrick. May contain copyright material used for educational purposes. Please respect copyright.

Last updated 18 November 2011

Weekly updates in this color

Dept of Language and Linguistics, University of Essex

LG 232 Sociolinguistics

Autumn Term, 2011

Tue 11am-1pm in Room 1N1.4.1

Prof. Peter L. Patrick

Office: Room 4.328, ext. 2088, email: patrickp at essex.ac.uk

Office hours (Term 1): Tues 1:30-2:30pm, Thurs 11:00am-12:00

Webpage at Univ of Essex Course Materials Repository or my page,

Consult the update page weekly for updates to resources. You’re responsible for knowing what's there.

Autumn Term 2011 Calendar

week 2	oct 11	Course intro. Language histories. Definitions, concepts.
week 3	oct 18	Dialectology & dialect geography.
week 4	oct 25	Language Norms and Attitudes.
week 5	nov 1	Language Rights as Human Rights.
week 6	nov 8	Sociolinguistic Variation: Basic concepts.
week 7	nov 15	Sociolinguistic Variation: Social Class.
week 8	nov 22	Reading week - no class – regular office hours.
week 9	nov 29	Sociolinguistic Variation: Language Style.
week 10	dec 6	Sociolinguistic Variation: Language change; Gender I.
week 11	dec 13	Sociolinguistic Variation: Sex and Gender II; Networks
Term 2 Week 16	meets jan 17	Term 2 w/Dr. Al-Wer, Coursepage: t.b.a.