Topics chronologically
1. Basic English consonant and vowel inventories
2. Consonant variation within and across varieties
3. Introduction to social factors
4. Variation amongst vowels
5. Convergence and divergence between varieties in contact
6. Historical change
7. Stress and intonation
Daily schedule
Wed. Sept. 4 – Introduction and overview
Fri. Sept. 6 – Consonant inventories
Mon. Sept. 9 – Consonant inventory wrap-up, introduction to vowels
HW 1 Assigned, Reading 1 Due
Wed. Sept. 11 – Introduction to waveform and spectrogram reading
Fri. Sept. 13 – Introduction to Praat
Mon. Sept. 16 – Consonant allophony in GAE
HW1 Due, Reading 2 Due, HW2 Assigned, Add/drop period ends
Wed. Sept 18 – Consonant allophony in the UK
Fri. Sept 20 – Consonant allophony in other varieties
Mon. Sept 23
Wed. Sept 25 – Project work
Project 1 assigned
Fri. Sept 27 – Project work
Mon. Sept 30 – More on consonantal contrast and allophony, plus neutralization
Wed. Oct.2 – Syllable structure and sonority
Fri. Oct 4
Mon. Oct 7 – Introduction to social factors – consonants and “class”
Wed. Oct 9 – English vowels – review and RP
Project 1 due
Fri. Oct 11
Tues. Oct 15 – Dialect acquisition
Wed. Oct 16 – Identity and phonology: Beatles and the Rolling Stones, Jocks and Burnouts
Fri. Oct 18
Mon. Oct 21 – Convergence and divergence between varieties (AAE – EAE)
Wed. Oct 23 – Types of change merger, split and shift
Fri. Oct 25
Mon. Oct 28 – Great vowel shift
Wed. Oct 30
Fri. Nov. 1
Mon. Nov 4 – Varieties in the UK
Wed. Nov 6
Fri. Nov 8
Mon. Nov 11
Wed. Nov 13
Fri. Nov 15 -Reading assignment 2 due (10%)
Mon. Nov 18 – Final project assigned
Wed. Nov 20 – Homework #5 due (5%)
Fri. Nov 22 – Scottish English class
Mon. Nov 25 – Homework #6 due (5%)
Weds. Nov 27 -Reading comment 1 due (5%), reading comment 2 due (5%)
Mon. Dec 2 – Final projects due, presentations start (10%)
Wed. Dec 4 – Final project presentations
Fri. Dec. 6 – Final project presentations
Mon. Dec. 16 – Paper on intervocalic flapping due by midnight (15%)