LING 322: Varieties of American English Fall 2017

LING 322: Varieties of American English
MWF 12:00-12:50, SCHU 307 (CRN 59)

28 Aug—Intro to class	30 Aug—Studying dialects	1 Sept—Read Chapter 1 in Wolfram and Schilling
4 Sept—no class	6 Sept—Dialects, Standards, and Vernaculars	8 Sept—Dialects, Standards, and Vernaculars
11 Sept—Read Chapter 2	13 Sept—Why Dialects?	15 Sept—Why Dialects?; Sign up for presentation topics and dates
18 Sept—Read Chapter 3	20 Sept—Levels of Dialect	22 Sept—Levels of Dialect; Review
25 Sept—Exam 1	27 Sept—Read Chapter 4	29 Sept—Dialects of the US
2 Oct—Read Chapter 5	4 Oct—Regional Varieties of English	6 Oct—Regional Varieties of English
9 Oct—no class	11 Oct—Read Katz Parts 1-3	13 Oct—Regional Variation
16 Oct—Read Katz Parts 4-5 and Conclusion	18 Oct—Regional Variation	20 Oct—Regional Variation
23 Oct—Regional Variation	25 Oct—Exam 2	27 Oct—TBA
30 Oct—Read Chapter 6 in Wolfram and Schilling	1 Nov—Social Varieties of American English	3 Nov—Social Varieties of American English
6 Nov—Read Chapter 7	8 Nov—Ethnicity and American English	10 Nov—Ethnicity and American English
13 Nov—Reach Chapter 8	15 Nov—African American English	17 Nov—African American English
20 Nov—African American English	22 Nov—no class	24 Nov—no class
27 Nov—Read Chapter 9	29 Nov—Gender and Language Variation	1 Dec—Gender and Language Variation
4 Dec—Read Chapter 11; Presentations	6 Dec—Presentations	8 Dec—Research Paper due by 5; Presentations
11 Dec—Presentations; Review	Final exam: Fri, 15 Dec 11-1:30