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This course will be taught by Dr Ian Green

1	Understand the need for research ethics and the social and community impact of research activity and research output.
2	Collect and assemble a body of linguistic data for analysis
3	Understand the principles of sociolinguistic variation within a speech community
4	Understand how and why languages change over time
5	Apply the comparative method to a body of data drawn from a group of related languages
6	Apply a variety of analytic methods and approaches to a body of language data
7	Choose an appropriate method to analyse the body of data at hand
8	Communicate findings orally and in written form

Course Textbooks
There is no required course textbook. 

Language Variation & Change:

Crowley, Terry & Claire Bowern (2010) An Introduction to Historical Linguistics. 4th edition. Oxford 最新糖心Vlog Press.

Campbell, Lyle (1998) Historical Linguistics: an introduction. MIT Press.

Foley, WA 1997, Anthropological linguistics: an introduction, Blackwell Publishers, Cambridge, MA.

Jourdan, C & Tuite, K 2009, Language, culture, and society, vol. 23, Cambridge 最新糖心Vlog Press.

Kiesling, SF 2011, Linguistic Variation and Change, 1st edn, Edinburgh 最新糖心Vlog Press, Edinburgh.

Millar, Robert Mccoll; Trask, Larry (2015) Trask’s Historical Linguistics.3rd Edition. Routledge, London.

Romaine, S 2023, Language in society: an introduction to sociolinguistics, 2nd ed., Oxford 最新糖心Vlog Press, Oxford.

Saville-Troike, M 2003, The ethnography of communication: an introduction, 3rd ed., Blackwell, Oxford.

Trudgill, Peter & Jack Chambers (2001) The Handbook of Language Variation and Change. Wiley Blackwell.

Wardhaugh, R & Fuller, JM 2015, An introduction to sociolinguistics, Seventh edition., John Wiley & Sons, West Sussex, England.

 
Linguistic Field Work & Documentation

Bird, S and G Simons (2003) “Seven dimensions of portability for language documentation and description.” Language 79:557-582. 

There is a one-hour online lecture & a two-hour face-to-face seminar in each teaching week of the semester.

Seminars are highly interactive, pivoting around student-led discussion of readings, in addition to small group problem-solving and linguistic research exercises. Students need to come to these classes having worked through any required preparatory material, and prepared to engage with the ideas and analyses being presented.

Seminar attendance is mandatory. 

The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.

1hr lecture	12 hours
2hr seminar/workshop	24 hours
5hrs directed reading	60 hours
6hrs data collection, organisation & analysis	72 hours
6hrs assignment preparation	72 hours
6hrs project reading & research	72 hours
TOTAL	312 hours

	Lecture	Seminar Part 1	Seminar Part 2
Week 1	Perspectives, parameters, principles	Describing language variation #1	How to do this course - approaches & assessment
Week 2	Overview: sociolinguistics	Key readings in sociolinguistics	The research project
Week 3	Overview: anthropological linguistics	Key readings in anthropological linguistics	Reviewing literature
Week 4	Overview: language contact	Key readings in contact linguistics	Research questions and research topics
Week 5	Overview: historical linguistics	The comparative method - examples & exercises	Research planning and research proposals
Week 6	Methods & case studies: sociolinguistics	Readings in contemporary sociolinguistic research	Ethical and responsible research
Week 7	Methods & case studies: anthropological linguistics	Key ethnographic readings in 最新糖心Vlogn Indigenous Culture and Language	Methods and methodologies
Week 8	Methods & case studies: historical & contact linguistics	Adventures in proto-最新糖心Vlogn (readings):	Data & theory
Week 9	Methods & case studies: sociophonetics	Describing language variation #2	Project Repair Cafe
Week 10	Methods & case studies: language and gender	Describing language variation #3	Writing up (argument structure, exemplification, theorisation)
Week 11	Seminar Presentations	Seminar Presentations	Seminar Presentations
Week 12	Seminar Presentations	Seminar Presentations	Seminar Presentations
Week 13	Seminar Presentations	Seminar Presentations	Seminar Presentations

Seminar attendance is mandatory.

Assessment Task	Task Type	Weighting	Due Date	Course Learning Outcome(s)
Literature Review 1,250 words	Formative	12.5%	TBA	1, 2
Seminar Readings 1,000 words	Formative	10%	TBA	3, 4. 6, 8
Research Proposal 750 words	Formative	7.5%	TBA	3, 4, 5, 6
Oral Presentation and write-up            2,000 words equivalent	Formative & Summative	20%	TBA	8
Research Report 5,000 words	Summative	50%	week 14	2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

1. Literature Review
Length: 1,250 words

Briefly identify a topic, area, issue, question etc. that you wish to explore and say why it is of interest to you, and locate at least three relevant pieces of good quality research (ie. journal articles, book chapters, academic studies, but not text books). On the basis of this literature - plus any other sources that you want to bring into consideration, and drawing on your own experience as/if relevant - prepare an account of the topic/issue you have chosen to explore, providing a critical explanation of the key issues, insights, theoretical models, research methodologies, problems and challenges etc. as appropriate.

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2. Seminar Readings
Length: 1,000 words equivalent

Prepare a summary of, and a critical reflection on, a particular reading, or set of readings, and lead the class in seminar discussion of, debate about and/or exercises relevant to the reading(s)

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3. Research Proposal
Length: 750 words

Having identified the area of interest for your major research project, prepare a research proposal that will: formulate your research questions; identify the relevant theoretical issues; identify key relevant literature, including at least one empirical study; outline & justify the research methodology; address ethical requirements & principles; identify, & justify the research in terms of, the contribution it might make.

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4. Oral Presentation and Write-up
Length: 2,000 words equivalent

Students will prepare a seminar presentation, to be done live or by prerecorded video, in which they present their data set(s) to the class, discuss their research question(s), explain their chosen approach to research and analysis of the data, and discuss any preliminary results, issues etc. In putting together this presentation students are not expected to have completed their analysis of the data and are not expected to have definitive answers to their research questions. These seminars are rather works-in-progress, in which students can reflect on the research process, invite class discussion, commentary and assistance on issues they might be experiencing etc etc. Presentations should be of seminar standard, with key points & illustrative data displayed via the data projector (eg using Powerpoint or other presentation applications), and handouts (or, as appropriate, links to the presentation or dataset) provided; students may also, if they wish, submit a 'script' of their presentation. The files are to be submitted by the due date, with the class presentations to be undertaken in weeks 11, 12 and 13. 

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5. Research Report
Length: 5,000 words

On the basis of data obtained, students will analyse and describe in detail the aspects of language variation and change under consideration. They will prepare a comprehensive research report which addresses their chosen research question(s). The report will be informed not only by their chosen body of data, but also by the literature relating to the aspect(s) of language under investigation.

The Department of European Languages, and Linguistics operates within the School of Humanities policy in regard to student assignments.

Assignments are to be submitted online via MyUni.

Deadlines for assignment submission are set out in MyUni. 

Extensions must whenever possible be organised prior to the due date; applications for extensions must be lodged according to School guidelines - see MyUni for full details. 

The penalty for assignments with no extension that are submitted late is 2% per day for up to 7 days (including weekends and public holidays).  Assignments which are more than 7 days overdue without an approved extension will not be accepted.