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LG 554: Sociolinguistic Methods I

Prof. Peter L. Patrick

Dept. of Language & Linguistics

University of Essex

Week-by-week Schedule, Autumn 2011

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week 2	Oct 13	Introduction. Research experiences, methods. Doing sociolinguistics. Definitions, histories. Formal linguistics v sociolinguistics. Research ethics processes.
	Tasks:	Naïve IV or Stranger Self-report. Everyone choose one of these & perform it. [Not assessed.] Due to me by Fri 21 Oct.
	Read:	Milroy & Gordon, Chap. 1. Tagliamonte, Ch 1 [ASV]. Arksey & Knight 1999 Ch. 2. Johnstone QMS chap. 4. Wiles et al 2005.
	Optional:	Hazen 2007 [SocVar]. Chambers 2002 [HLVC], 3-12. Coulmas 1997 (intro, 1-11). Feagin 2002 (HLVC). Arksey & Knight 1999 Ch. 9.
	Links:	Univ of Essex Ethics Guidelines, incl. Model Forms. Ethics resources online. About using releases.
week 3	Oct 20	Methodological themes. Types of data & data collection. Recording speech.
	Tasks:	Discuss Sampling Design task. Discuss Taping Game [not assessed] – do it and report in Week 4.
	Read:	Labov 1971. Wolfram 1998. Johnstone QMS chs. 1-3.
	Optional:	Ives 1980, ch. 1. Jackson 1987: 63-78. Arksey & Knight 1999 Ch. 1.
	Links:	Empirical methods. Digital recording media. Bart Plichta webpage on microphones; one on recorders.
week 4	Oct 27 Tasks:	Sampling. Social surveys. Observation. Ethnography. Discuss Module task [not assessed]. Discuss Descriptive Report. Compose sample module(s) for module task. Examples. About Q-GEN-II. Feedback on Taping Game. Bring in recordings.
	Read: Optional:	Macaulay 2009 Ch. 1. Tagliamonte 2006, ch. 2. RCS ch. 2 (Llamas). Schilling-Estes 2007. Milroy & Gordon 2003, chap. 3. Macaulay 2009 Chap. 6 (if you do Sampling Design assignment). Kerswill 2007 in RCS, chap. 6. Johnstone QMS ch. 5. Arksey & Knight 1999 Ch. 4. Ash 2002, in HLVC.
	Links:	Criteria for surveys. Criteria for ethnography. Spindlers’ criteria. Data Request form.
week 5	Nov 3 Tasks:	Language Style. Guest lecture by Dr. Vineeta Chand Begin doing Interviews.
week 6	Nov 10	Sociolinguistic interviews I. Interview modules. Records/archiving.
	Task: Read: Optional: Links:	Keep on doing Interviews! Labov 1984. Milroy & Gordon ch. 6. Arksey & Knight 1999 Ch. 3, 6. Macaulay 2009 Ch. 3. Milroy & Gordon 2003, Ch. 2. Johnstone QMS chap. 7. Jackson 1987 : 79-104, 244-279. Mishler 1996 : 1-65, 117-135. Arksey & Knight 1999 Ch. 7. Briggs 1986: 1-30, 39-60. IV Report Form (.pdf or .rtf).
week 7	Nov 17	Principles of variation analysis. Linguistic variables.
	Tasks:	Discuss Linguistic Variable task.
	Read: Optional: Links:	Milroy & Gordon Ch. 4, 6. Tagliamonte Ch. 3. Wolfram 1997 (in Coulmas ed.). Chambers 2002 (HLVC, 349-372). Tagliamonte ch. 5. RCS Chaps 1 (Watt) and 3 (Gordon). Macaulay 2009 Chs. 2 and 5. Milroy & Milroy 1997. Tagliamonte ch. 5. Wolfram 1993. Fasold & Preston 2007 (SocVar). RCS Chap 4 (Smith). Principles (notes1, notes2).
week 8	Nov 24 Tasks:	READING WEEK – NO CLASS – regular office hours. First assessed task due this week (Fri. 25 Nov).
week 9	Dec 1	Narrative analysis: intro, structure, transcription, analysis, exs.
	Tasks:	Discuss Narrative assignment.
	Read:	Labov 1972, 1997. Mishler 1986, 66-116. Notes on Labov ’97 Goodwin 1991. Schegloff 1997. Holmes 1998. Polanyi 1989. Cook-Gumperz & Gumperz 2002. Schiffrin 2006.
week 10	Dec 8	Social network measures.
	Read: Optional:	Milroy & Gordon 2003, Ch. 5. Milroy 2002. Chambers 2003, Chap 2. Patrick 2002. McCafferty 2001, Ch 3. Scott 1991. Wasserman & Faust 1994.
	Links:	Notes on SocialNetworks.pdf; Social Network Analysis intro.
week 11	Dec 15	Rapid/anonymous elicitation.
	Tasks:	Second assessed task due this week (Thurs 16 Dec).
	Read: Links::	Llamas 1999. Milroy 2002. Chambers 2009, Ch 2. R/A elicitation notes Rapid/anonymous tests (Kingston). Word-class chart.

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