Linguistics 165

American Dialects

Instructor: William Labov

Email: labov@comcast.net
Office: Linguistics Lab, 3810 Market

T.A.: Meredith Tamminga

Email: tamminga@ling.upenn.edu
Office hours Mon 1-2, Williams 402

Class meetings

Williams 201
Mon-Wed 3:30-5:00

Syllabus

PowerPoints

9/22/11 Vowel systems
10/26/11 The vocalization of /r/
11/2/11 The Southern Shift
11/7/11 The Northern Cities Shift
11/14/11 Canadian English
11/14/11 Pittsburgh

Phonetics

Wikipedia: Vowel
IPA Charts (Paul Meier)

Readings

Atlas of North American English (Electronic version, Franklin Library).

Principles of Linguistic Change 3: Chapter 5 Triggering Events

Assignments