LIN 4340 Urban Dialectology I: Data Collection

3 units
Linguistics
Faculty of Arts
Analysis of language and social behaviour on the basis of natural data gathered in the speech community. Methods of linguistic data-collection in the urban setting, including the rapid anonymous survey, the sociolinguistic interview, participant observation and natural experimentation. Working in groups, students will study a particular neighbourhood in the Ottawa-Gatineau metropolitan region.

Components:

Lecture

Requirements:

Prerequisite: LIN 3310 or LIN 3320 or LIN 3342 .

Previously Offered Terms:

Fall

French Equivalent:

Organized

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Recommend

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Workload

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Fair Assessments

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