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LING495 - Language Variation and Change

Description

An introduction to linguistic variation and its social significance, especially the quantitative study of phonological and grammatical features and their correlations with age, gender, ethnicity and other social variables. Includes field methods, quantitative methods for correlating linguistic and social variables and practice in dialect analysis based on data from the speech community.

Units

1.5

Hours: lecture-lab-tutorial

3-0-0

Prerequisites

  • Complete all of:
    • LING200 - Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology (1.5)
    • LING203 - Introduction to Morphology and Syntax (1.5)

Recommendations

  • LING 204 recommended prior to LING 495.

Course offered by

Department of Linguistics

Course schedules

Summer timetable available: February 15. Fall and Spring timetables available: May 15.

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