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LG 554 Sociolinguistics

 Autumn term 2011

Prof. Peter L. Patrick

 

Online Notes

Here are links for all the online notes in each week of Term 1.

 

Week 2, Oct

Introduction. Research experiences. Doing sociolinguistics. Ethics.

 

·       Formal linguistics vs. Sociolinguistics

 

·       Definitions of sociolinguistics

 

·       Ethics materials and Dept. Ethics Webpage

 

·       About using releases

 

·       Data Request form

Week 3, Oct

Types of data & data collection. Recording.

 

·        Empirical methods

 

·        Digital recording media

 

·        Using Microphones

 

·       Plichta on Microphones, and on recorders.

Week 4, Oct

Sampling. Social surveys. Observation.

 

·       Criteria for surveys

 

·       Notes on Sampling

 

·       Notes on social class

 

·       Criteria for ethnography and Ethnographic criteria (Spindlers’ list)

Week 5, Nov

Style in language. Operationalizing style.

·       Lecture notes on the Sociolinguistics of Style

·       Labov’s five principles of Linguistic Style

·       Chart comparing notions of Language Style

Week 6, Nov

Sociolinguistic interviews. Interview modules. Records/archiving.

 

·       About Q-GEN-II

 

·       Example Modules

 

·       Notes on Sociolinguistic Interviews

 

·       Initial Contact for Interviewing

 

·       Interview Report Form (Word version, PDF version)

 

·       Release form for use with LG554 interviews or recordings (ReleaseELLP2: Word, PDF)

Week 7, Nov

Variation analysis: Principles. Linguistic variables; examples.

 

·       Principles of Variation Analysis, 1

 

·       Principles of Variation Analysis, 2

Week 8, Nov

Reading Week

Week 9, Dec

Narrative analysis

·       Notes on Labov ’97

Week 10, Dec

Social network measures

 

·       Social Network Analysis intro

 

·       Social Networks notes 

Week 11, Dec

Rapid/anonymous elicitation

 

·       Rapid/Anonymous elicitation notes (revised)

 

·       Kingston tests

 

·       Word-class chart

 

 

Assignments and Tasks

 

·       Naïve IV or Stranger Self-report unassessed task

 

·       Sampling Design task

 

·       Taping Game unassessed task

 

·       Descriptive Report task

 

·       Module unassessed task

 

·        Defining a Linguistic Variable

 

·        Analysis of Personal Narratives

 

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Last updated on 15 December 2011