Anthony Pym

 

Variation in English, 2009-10

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1-2 Feb	Introduction: The Nature of Variation (video)Types of varieties	Official program and assessment procedure Bibliography Key terms Holmes on domains	Notes for external students Worksheet on domains
8-9 Feb.	The 'standard English' debate PowerPoint for lecture	Suggested reading: The Development of English as a World Language English around the world	Workskeet
15-16 Feb	Sex variables Age variables Avoiding sexist pronouns	Michigan corpus of academic spoken English Age grading Oberwart table	Worksheet on sex variables Worksheet on sexist pronouns
22-23 March	Styles and change: Labov in New York Trudgill in Norwich	Social stratification graph Video: Labov on sound change Case study: Trudgill on music Beatles as Elvis (1961) Beatles as American (1963) (lyrics) Lennon as Jealous Guy	Worksheet on Labov and Trudgill
1-2 March	English-based pidgins and creoles	Notes on pidgins Notes on creoles Bob Marley Sun is shinin'	Worksheet on pidgins and creoles (for all students) Worksheet on creoles (for all students)
8-9 March	Code-switching Diglossia	Notes on codeswitching Notes on diglossia	Worksheet on diglossia and codeswitching
15 March	Variation in England	Study of dialect maps (from Crystal):Map: arm Map: I'm not Map: give it me Map: headache Map: isotopes The development of urban varieties Map: dialect travels Estuary English Variation and social class	Worksheet on RP and Cockney Optional t ask for practice class and/or external students
16 March	Scottish English	Literary representations Description of Scottish Standard English	Worksheet on Scottish and Hiberno-English
22 March	Development of RP and Cockney
23 March	Irish English	Description of Hiberno-English Transparencies for lecture	Worksheet on identifying variants Worksheet on identifying varieties
Easter break. 27 March - 5 April.
6 April	American English in relation to British English	Study of the corresponding pages in Crystal (see Reading Package) US/UK dictionary Another of the same	Practice class - interview techniques for American English Worksheet on British and American Optional practice class - on interview techniques
12-13 April	American Black Vernacular Hybridity in English: the Black sermon	Description of American Black English Labov on ebonics	Task for all students
19 April	TEST ON BRITISH AND AMERICAN ENGLISH	Last year's test on British and American English	Test for external students  (you are invited to send in your answers)
26-27 April	South Asian Englishes	A letter home	Tasks on South-Asian Englishes
2 May	Jamaican English
3 May	Australian English		Nicole Kidman Kath & Kim Learn Australian
10 May	Test on key terms		Notes on test
11 May	Notes on how to do the exam	Exam format and practice questions
14 June	Exam I	10 - 12	Aula

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