| Week: | Date: | Readings: |
|---|---|---|
| Week04 | Wed., 2/04 | Becker (2014) |
| Week06 | Wed., 2/18 | Hoffman (2010) |
| Week08 | Wed., 3/04 | Niedzielski (1999) |
| Week10 | Wed., 3/18 | Tannen (1984) |
| Week12 | Wed., 4/1 | Squires (2014) |
Reading List (past and present):
- Baugh, John. "Linguistic Profiling," in Black Linguistics: Language, Society and Politics in Africa and the Americas, edited by Sinfree Makoni, Geneva, Smitherman, Arnetha F. Ball, Arthur K. Speakers. Routledge Press, 2003. [abstract]
- Becker, Kara. "The social motivations of reversal: Raised BOUGHT in New York City English," Language in Society 43 (2014): 395-420. [abstract]
- Hoffman, Michol. "The role of social factors in the Canadian vowel shift: Evidence from Toronto," American Speech 85, 2 (2010): 121-140. [abstract]
- Irvine, Judith and Susan Gal. "Language Ideology and Linguistic Differentiation," in Regimes of language: Ideologies, politics, and identities, edited by P.V. Kroskrity. Sante Fe: School of American Research Press, 35-84, 2000. [abstract]
- Mallinson, Christine and Tyler Kendall. "Interdisciplinary Approaches," in Oxforad Handbook of Sociolinguistics, edited by Robert Bayley, Richard Cameron and Ceil Lucas. Oxford University Press, 2013. [abstract]
- Niedzielski, Nancy. "The Effect of Social Information on the Perception of Sociolinguistic Variables," Journal of Language and Social Psychology 18, 1 (1999): 62-85. [abstract]
- Silverstein, Michael. "The Limits of Awareness," Sociolinguistic Working Papers 84 (1981): 1-31. [abstract]
(Note: We'll be reading the 1977 version that was presented at the Harvard Anthropology Seminar (Cambridge, MA, November 1, 1977), and at the Penn Anthropdogy Colloquium (Philadelphia, PA, November 18, 1977). - Squires, Lauren. "From TV Personality to Fans and Beyond: Indexical Bleaching and the Diffusion of a Media Innovation," Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, 24(1), 42-62, 2014. [abstract]
- Tannen, Deborah. "The Pragmatics of Cross-Cultural Communication," Applied Linguistics, 5(3), 189-195, 1984. [abstract]