LOT Summer School 2015 - Language Variation and Change

LOT Summer School 2015
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Language Variation and Change
Daniel Ezra Johnson
Place: Vivaldi
Time: 14:15 - 16:15

Monday June 22
Secular linguistics

Background readings:

Laudatio William Labov (7 pp.) pdf
Interview with William Labov (20 pp.) pdf
Some observations on the foundation of linguistics (6 pp.) pdf

Course readings:

How I got into linguistics and what I got out of it (6 pp.) pdf
Some principles of linguistic methodology (23 pp.) pdf
Shuy: A brief history of American sociolinguistics (24 pp.) pdf
Koerner: William Labov and the origins of sociolinguistics in America (22 pp.) pdf

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Further readings:

Weinreich, Labov & Herzog: Empirical foundations for a theory of language change (92 pp.) pdf
Field methods of the Project on Linguistic Change and Variation (25 pp.) pdf
Quantitative reasoning in linguistics (22 pp.) pdf

Tuesday June 23
Social Factors in Language Variation and Change

Background readings:

The social motivation of a sound change (37 pp.) pdf
Eckert: Three waves of variation study (12 pp.) pdf

Course readings:

The intersection of sex and social class in the course of linguistic change (43 pp.) pdf
Eckert & McConnell-Ginet: Language and gender as community-based practice (27 pp.) pdf

Further readings:

The Social Stratification of English in New York City pdf
Principles of Linguistic Change, Volume 2: Social Factors book

Wednesday June 24
Internal Factors in Language Variation and Change

Background readings:

The social stratification of (r) in New York City department stores (11 pp.) pdf
Resolving the Neogrammarian controversy (39 pp.) pdf

Course readings:

Pierrehumbert: Word-specific phonetics (35 pp.) pdf
Words floating on the surface of sound change (28 pp.) pdf

Further readings:

Kroch: Reflexes of grammar in patterns of language change (44 pp.) pdf
Labov, Yaeger & Steiner: A Quantitative Study of Sound Change in Progress text figures
Principles of Linguistic Change, Volume 1: Internal Factors book

Thursday June 25
Cognitive and Cultural Factors in Language Variation and Change

Background readings:

Driving forces in linguistic change (21 pp.) pdf
Driving forces (24 pp.) pdf

Course readings:

The overestimation of functionalism (22 pp.) pdf
Yankee cultural imperalism and the Northern Cities Shift (29 pp.) pdf
TBD

Further readings:

Principles of Linguistic Change, Volume 3: Cognitive and Cultural Factors book
Dialect Diversity in America: The Politics of Language Change book

Friday June 26
The Language of (Everyday) Life And Death

Background readings:

Six people I have learned from text audio

Course readings:

The Language of Life and Death (beginning and end, 23 pp.) pdf
The logic of non-standard English (40 pp.) pdf
TBD

Further readings:

The Language of Life and Death: The Tranformation of Experience in Oral Narrative book
Objectivity and commitment in linguistic science: The case of the Black English trial in Ann Arbor (32 pp.) pdf