LING 322: Varieties of American English (CRN 972)
MWF 11:00-11:50, SCHU 307

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This syllabus is subject to change, and you are responsible for changes announced in class.

  28 Aug—Intro to class—What do you already know? 30 Aug—Defining dialects; What do you already know? (Part 2)
2 Sept—Read Chapter 1; Some history of American English 4 Sept—The North—Read Chapters 9-11 6 Sept—The North
9 Sept—The North—Read Chapter 12-15 11 Sept—The North 13 Sept—The North—Sign up for presentations
16 Sept—The North 18 Sept—The South—Read Chapters 2-4 20 Sept—The South
23 Sept—The South—Read Chapters 5-8 25 Sept—The South 27 Sept—The South
30 Sept—The South 2 Oct—Exam 1 4 Oct—The Midwest—Read Chapters 16-18
7 Oct—The Midwest 9 Oct—The Midwest—Read Chapters 19-21 11 Oct—The Midwest
14 Oct—The Midwest 16 Oct—Break 18 Oct—Break
21 Oct—The West—Read Chapters 22-3 23 Oct—The West 25 Oct—The West—Read Chapters 24-5
28 Oct—The West 30 Oct—The West 1 Nov—Exam 2
4 Nov—Islands—Read Chapters 26-9 6 Nov—Islands 8 Nov—Islands
11 Nov—Islands—Read Chapters 30-3 13 Nov—Islands 15 Nov—Islands
18 Nov—Sociocultural Dialects—Read Chapters 34-6 20 Nov—Sociocultural Dialects 21 Nov—Sociocultural Dialects
25 Nov—Thanksgiving Break 27 Nov—Thanksgiving Break 29 Nov—Thanksgiving Break
2 Dec—Sociocultural Dialects—Read Chapters 37-40 4 Dec—Sociocultural Dialects 6 Dec—Sociocultural Dialects; Presentations
9 Dec—Presentations—Research paper due by 5 11 Dec—Presentations 13 Dec—Presentations; Review

Final Exam: Wednesday, 18 December, 11:00-1:30

Background from Backgrounds Archive