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Meet Dr. Charlie Farrington
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Dr. Charlie Farrington is a visiting assistant professor in the Department of English at Virginia Tech. His research focuses on sociolinguistic variation and change in dialects of American English. Recently, he has worked on segmental variation in varieties of African American Language. Additionally, with Tyler Kendall, Charlie is one of the developers of the Corpus of Regional African American Language (CORAAL), the first public corpus of AAL data, and maintains the Online Resources for African American Language (oraal.github.io). As part of this work, he is interested in the preservation and access of audio recordings that can benefit future linguistic work. At Virginia Tech, Charlie teaches ENGL 1514 (Language in Society), ENGL/WGS 3144 (Gender and Linguistics), and ENGL/RLCL/SOC 3144 (Language and Ethnicity in the US).
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Corpora: Corpus of Regional African American Language (CORAAL)
Teaching Fall 2025
Teaching Fall 2025
ENGL 1514: Language and Society
Pathway Area 3: Reasoning in the Social Sciences
Pathway Area 7: Critical Analysis of Identity and Equity in the United States
Catalog Description:
English language variation considered from social, regional, ethnic, gender, and style perspectives. Emphasis on vernacular varieties of American English. Attention paid to the social evolution of different language varieties and sociolinguistic perceptions of language ideologies. Introduction of methods of data analytics.
CRN: 85223
T/Th 9:30AM - 10:45AM
MCB 134
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ENGL/RLCL/SOC 3144: Language and Ethnicity in the United States
Pathway Area 1a: Advanced/Applied Discourse
Pathway Area 3: Reasoning in the Social Sciences
Catalog Description:
Exploration of how racial and ethnic identity are expressed through the use of different languages and dialects. Examination of how language is related to issues of equality, social opportunity, and discrimination in the United States.
CRN: 85266
/Th 3:30PM - 4:45PM
SHANKS 380
CRN: 85267
T/Th 2:00PM - 3:15PM
USLB 310
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