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Variation in English, 2010-11 Stylesheet UPLOAD YOUR WORK ON MOODLE STORY OF ENGLISH VIDEOS CAN BE ACCESSED HERE VIDEO LECTURES CAN BE ACCESSED HERE 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 7-8 Feb. The 'standard English' debate PowerPoint for lecture Suggested reading: The Development of English as a World Language English around the world Workskeet 14-15 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 21-22 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 28 Feb - 1 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) 7-8 March Code-switching Diglossia Notes on codeswitching Notes on diglossia Worksheet on diglossia and codeswitching 14 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 classBritish Library recordings Worksheet on RP and Cockney Optional t ask for practice class and/or external students 15 March Scottish English Literary representations Description of Scottish Standard English Worksheet on Scottish and Hiberno-English 21 March Development of RP and Cockney 22 March Irish English Description of Hiberno-English Transparencies for lecture Worksheet on identifying variants Worksheet on identifying varieties 28-29 March 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 4-5 April American Black Vernacular Hybridity in English: the Black sermon Description of American Black English Labov on ebonics Task for all students 11 April TEST ON BRITISH AND AMERICAN ENGLISH A previous test on British and American English Test for external students (you are invited to send in your answers) 12 April Australian English Nicole Kidman Kath & Kim Learn Australian Easter break. 18-25 April 26 April South Asian Englishes A letter home Tasks on South-Asian Englishes 2 May African Englishes 3 May Test on key terms Notes on test 9-10 May To be decided 16 May Identification practice 17 May Notes on how to do the exam Exam format and practice questions 14 June Exam I 10 - 12 Aula © Anthony Pym 2010 Av. Catalunya, 35 45002 Tarragona, Spain Fax: + 34 977 299 488
Stylesheet UPLOAD YOUR WORK ON MOODLE STORY OF ENGLISH VIDEOS CAN BE ACCESSED HERE VIDEO LECTURES CAN BE ACCESSED HERE
Official program and assessment procedure Bibliography Key terms Holmes on domains
Notes for external students Worksheet on domains
The 'standard English' debate PowerPoint for lecture
Suggested reading: The Development of English as a World Language English around the world
Sex variables Age variables Avoiding sexist pronouns
Worksheet on sex variables
Worksheet on sexist pronouns
21-22 March
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
Notes on pidgins Notes on creoles Bob Marley Sun is shinin'
Notes on codeswitching Notes on diglossia
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 classBritish Library recordings
Worksheet on RP and Cockney
Optional t ask for practice class and/or external students
Description of Hiberno-English Transparencies for lecture
Worksheet on identifying variants Worksheet on identifying varieties
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
Description of American Black English Labov on ebonics
Task for all students
11 April
TEST ON BRITISH AND AMERICAN ENGLISH
A previous test on British and American English
Nicole Kidman Kath & Kim Learn Australian
A letter home
© Anthony Pym 2010 Av. Catalunya, 35 45002 Tarragona, Spain Fax: + 34 977 299 488
