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Socio Lab and Friends of Sociolinguistics,</div>
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Starting this week, the Sociolinguistics Lab is running <a href="http://sociolab.wagnersu.msu.domains/reading-groups/sociolinguistic-development-across-the-lifespan-reading-group/" title="http://sociolab.wagnersu.msu.domains/reading-groups/sociolinguistic-development-across-the-lifespan-reading-group/">
an informal reading group on the topic of Sociolinguistic development across the lifespan</a><b><a href="http://sociolab.wagnersu.msu.domains/reading-groups/sociolinguistic-development-across-the-lifespan-reading-group/">Sociolinguistic development across the
lifespan</a>. </b>Everyone is welcome to attend. Last spring we had a wonderful cross-disciplinary, cross-institutional membership of the
<a href="http://sociolab.wagnersu.msu.domains/reading-groups/ethnicity-and-linguistic-variation-reading-group/" title="http://sociolab.wagnersu.msu.domains/reading-groups/ethnicity-and-linguistic-variation-reading-group/">
<i>Ethnicity and linguistic variation </i>reading group</a>. We hope that will continue!</div>
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<b>When: </b>Bi-weekly on Mondays, 4:30pm - 6:00pm; first live meeting Feb 1, asynchronous starts this week</div>
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<b>Where: </b>Teams </div>
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<b>Readings: </b><a href="http://sociolab.wagnersu.msu.domains/reading-groups/sociolinguistic-development-across-the-lifespan-reading-group/" title="http://sociolab.wagnersu.msu.domains/reading-groups/sociolinguistic-development-across-the-lifespan-reading-group/">on
lab website</a> and in attached syllabus; additional readings in Teams.</div>
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<b>Recommended background</b>: introductory knowledge of sociolinguistics/language variation and change</div>
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<b>Conveners: </b>Suzanne Wagner and Betsy Sneller</div>
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To join us, please put your name on the signup sheet under "Members": <a href="https://michiganstate.sharepoint.com/:x:/s/CALLINSociolinguisticsLab/EY3U1mW6bOdAhz__u98TPWMB7FdAlP8It9fcwfLxqNQGRQ?e=tXVPYq" id="OLK_Beautified_OWAa3014f23-c0a1-bd91-66c5-60a793cf8217" class="OWAAutoLink _3iLgzr8un7L5GebClucrpV _1qJHlPfY83WgqLBJTIZPj" style="pointer-events: auto; padding: 0px 1px; border-radius: 2px; user-select: all; background-color: rgb(243, 242, 241);" contenteditable="false" data-ogsc=""><img alt="" role="presentation" style="width: 16px; height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; padding: 1px 2px 2px 0px;" src="https://outlook-1.cdn.office.net/assets/mail/file-icon/png/xlsx_16x16.png">Reading
group signup SS21.xlsx</a>. We'll link you to the group Teams asap.</div>
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<b>Format: </b>Discussion of two readings per meeting, each led by a group member. For-credit members
<u>must</u> present; all others are welcome. You may also just join for general discussion.</div>
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<b>Credit: </b>If you'd like to take the group for credit, contact Suzanne (wagnersu@msu.edu) and sign up to present a paper. Syllabus attached.</div>
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Any questions, please send me an email. Looking forward to seeing some of you next week!</div>
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<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34); font-family:sans-serif; font-size:13px">Suzanne Evans Wagner | she, her, hers </div>
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