1. Language variation Ling 2000H

2. Review Garden-path effect Because Kate cooks the vegetables in the fridge were gone in a couple of days. DO-bias verb: e.g., hear The staff heard dogs/snails were in the swimming pool. Clause-bias verb: e.g., realize The committee realized the error/reception had been planned for months.

3. Linguistic ‘varieties’ include: Typological/historical divisions of languages Romance, Germanic, Balto-Slavic, Ural-Altaic Different ‘languages’ Indonesian, Swahili, Portuguese, Urdu, Cantonese, Shona, Greek, Bengali, Jamaican Creole, Different ‘dialects’ of the same language Australian/Canadian/Indian/American/British/Ind ian/Filipino English

4. Recognition of varieties The way that those people speak: What are the things that affect our conscious/subconscious distinctions? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhQeWhqs1bA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDY89LYxK0w

5. Angel’s Share (2012) Glaswegian English: Glaswegian dialect of Scots connotations of working-class and hooliganism e.g. gizza "give me” hame, "home”

6. The best exotic marigold hotel British English Indian English Do all British actors sound the same? Do all Indian actors sound the same? Can you put on British accent? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSPlrIHplTA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRnuZlyWXI8

7. Dialects http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UgpfSp2t6k In groups of 3, Try to list variations of English in the world Try to list dialects of American English In your words, try to define the concept ‘dialect’