Prof. Peter L.
Patrick
Office hours (Jan-Mar 2012):
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PhD |
Wed |
by appt. |
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UG/open |
Mon Thu or by |
1:00-2:00 2:30-3:30 appt. |
Teaching (Jan-Mar 2012):
Dept. Guide to
writing essays and exams
My own materials
about essays, exams & data problems
Courses I’ll Teach This Year
(You can also locate materials via the Course
Materials Repository)
Intro to Sociolinguistics (LG 102)
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1st-year
undergraduate introduction. Full-year course.
Here is the main coursepage.
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I only lecture on the
1st half (Weeks 16-20,
Jan 19 to Feb
16) of Winter 2012 term, on the topics
“Multilingualism, Language Contact & Language Change”.
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Here is the Coursepage for my section of the course. This coursepage
is only for my section of the course, in the first half of Winter Term, Jan
2012.
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The Course Director is Wyn
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2nd-year undergrad
survey of the field. Full-year
course.
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I lectured in Autumn term (Oct-Dec) 2011 only, which focused on language variation. Here is the Autumn coursepage.
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I’m Course Director in
all terms, and happy to see students during my office hours, about their
assignments or anything else.
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Winter term (Jan-Mar)
2012, is
taught by Dr Enam Al-Wer. The Winter
term may not have a coursepage.
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There will be two
revision sessions in Term 3, on for my half of the course and one for Enam’s.
American
Languages (LG448, term 2) New course
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To be taught in Winter term (Jan-Mar)
2012. We survey
the history, ecology and distribution of some major languages and dialects in
contemporary North America, highlighting distinctive or characteristic language
and dialect structures, and examining basic linguistic, sociolinguistic and
language policy issues arising in North American contexts.
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An optional undergrad/postgrad module for either Final-Year UG or MA students.
May be taken either by students on Linguistics degree programmes, or on
relevant other degrees (e.g. US Studies), in which case provision is made for
those lacking a background in (socio-)linguistics.
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The coursepage is here.
Language Rights (LG474,
term 2)
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To be taught in Winter term (Jan-Mar)
2012. We identify,
document and explore common types of language conflicts that potentially
involve human rights violations; and investigate language policy, planning and
other attempts at resolving language issues which impinge on individual/group
human rights.
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An optional undergrad/postgrad module for either Final-Year or MA students, in
either Linguistics or Human Rights degree programmes.
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The course also
involves lectures from time to time by other appropriate Members
of the Human Rights
Centre.
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The coursepage is here.
Sociolinguistic Methods I (LG 554)
Courses Taught in Other Years
Out
of Africa: Black Englishes (LG449, term 1)
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Last taught in Autumn (Oct-Dec) 2009. It considers language change and development through
contact, concentrating on Black Englishes, as spoken in the USA and UK by people of African descent.
Here is the Autumn term 2009 Coursepage.
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An optional
undergrad/postgrad module for BA Sociolinguistics (final-year)
and MA Sociolinguistics students at
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There is
normally a two-term sequence with Pidgins and Creoles (term 2), open to
both levels.
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Although it
forms the 1st half of a year-long sequence with the next course, you
may take either term separately.
Out
of Africa: Pidgins & Creoles (LG449, term 2)
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Last taught
in Winter (Jan-Mar)
2010. It considers language change and development
through contact, exploring Pidgin and Creole languages around the world. Here
is the Winter term 2009 coursepage.
·
An optional
undergrad/postgrad module for BA Sociolinguistics
(final-year) and MA Sociolinguistics students at
·
There is
normally a two-term sequence with Black Englishes (term 1), open to
both levels.
·
Although it
forms the 2nd half of a year-long sequence with the next course, you
may take either term separately.
Sociolinguistic
Methods II (LG 654)
Ten (Socio-)Linguistic axioms:
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10 things all linguists more or less agree on (I hope) – some will
surprise beginners!
Intro to Pidgin and Creole
Languages: Some
resources for beginners
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A FAQ I’ve created to answer basic questions and point you to
existing resources.
African American English: A webpage for linguists and other folks
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My introduction to issues and research about (US) African American
English, with 700-item bibliography
A list of books on
introductory sociolinguistics, written in languages other than English:
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...So far: Arabic, Catalan, Chinese, Dutch, French, German,
Italian,
How (and how not!) to give a research talk:
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Some pointers for the inexperienced, and maybe others
Teaching (Oct-Dec 2011 term):
Return to Peter L. Patrick's home-page
Send
suggestions to my email, patrickp at
essex.ac.uk
Last
updated 18 January 2012