LING 322: Varieties of American English (CRN 701)
MWF 11:00-11:50, SCHU 214

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  25 Jan—Intro to class—phonetics 27 Jan—Phonetics
30 Jan—Dialects—read 1-27 1 Feb—Dialects 3 Feb—Dialects—Read 28-43—sign up for presentation topic and date
6 Feb—Dialects—read 43-63 8 Feb—Dialects 10 Feb—Dialects—read 64-102
13 Feb—History of American English—Read 103-33 15 Feb—History of American English 17 Feb—History of American English—Review
20 Feb—Exam 1 22 Feb—Regional Dialects—read 134-66 24 Feb--—Regional Dialects
27 Feb—Regional Dialects 29 Feb—Regional Dialects 2 Mar—Regional Dialects
5 Mar—Social and Ethnic Dialects—read 167-210 7 Mar—Social and Ethnic Dialects 9 Mar—Social and Ethnic Dialects
12 Mar—Social and Ethnic Dialects 14 Mar—Social and Ethnic Dialects 16 Mar—Social and Ethnic Dialects
19 Mar—Break 21 Mar—Break 23 Mar—Break
26 Mar—African American English—read 211-33 28 Mar—African American English 30 Mar—African American English—review
2 Apr—Exam 2 4 Apr—Gender and Language Variation—read 234-65 6 Apr—Gender and Language Variation
9 Apr—Gender and Language Variation 11 Apr—TBA 13 Apr—TBA
16 Apr—Dialects and Style—read 266-93 18 Apr—Dialects and Style 20 Apr—Dialects and Style
23 Apr—Dialect Study—read 294-328—presentations 25 Apr—Dialect Study—presentations 27 Apr—Dialect Study—presentations
30 Apr—Dialect Awareness—read 329-60—presentations 2 May—Dialect Awareness—presentations   4 May—Dialect Awareness—presentations  
7 May—Review—presentations    

Final Exam: Monday, 14 May, 11:00-1:30

Background from Backgrounds Archive