Hello, Linguists!

First, please note:
— Emergency Office Hours Wednesday, 1:30-2:30
— Thursday office hours are at the normal time, but are in my office, not Starbucks

WORKFLOW
— will be updated on the LING101 website Wednesday afternoon. Check back on Wednesday. Until then, in this next section (during all of October), we’ll be thinking about how language interacts with, is part of, and is indicative of aspects of society, our roles in society, and the kinds of people we socialize with. We’ll start by thinking about regional variation…

FOR THURSDAY:
• Read Grammar Girl’s How to Write a Blog Comment
— http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/how-to-write-a-great-blog-comment

•  Join in Discussion 2: Tuesday night, Wednesday, early Thursday morning.
— http://dsbigham.net/ling101sdsu/2014/10/07/discussion-2-language-differences-i-have-noticed/

•  Take some online Dialect Quizzes – What were your results? Are they accurate? Blog about it for extra credit!
Definitely take this first one:
— http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-quiz-map.html?_r=0

•  Take some of these other quizzes if you have time:
— http://dsbigham.net/ling101sdsu/links/#quizzes

•  Watch Doug’s “Regional Accent Challenge Meme” video. What’d you think? Did I say anything or have any pronunciations that seemed strange to you?
— https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MM11PoAZw4

•  Watch (v11) :: Language Variation
— https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA5DuX1MQSM

See you on Thursday!

-doug