Course information |
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Title |
Introduction to Sociolinguistics |
Lecturer |
Dr. Anna Fenyvesi |
Course code |
YSE_BTK011-00764 |
Credit |
3 |
Location |
Kristó |
Time |
Thursday 10-12 |
Course description |
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Short description |
The course offers an overview of the main topics of sociolinguistics and the sociology of language, as well as provides a basic introduction to the most important methods used in sociolinguistic research and analysis. The lectures will be built around a discussion of topics and notions such as the speech community, dialect, code, variation, pidgins and creoles, bilingualism, multilingualism, diglossia, address systems, language and gender, language planning, language maintenance, and language shift. In the final exam, students will be required to answer 10 “True/False, Because” type questions.
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Schedule |
Week 1: Introduction – What is sociolinguistics? - Wardhaugh Chapter 1. Week 2: Language, dialects and varieties. - Wardhaugh Chapter 2. Week 3: Pidgins and creoles. - Wardhaugh Chapter 3. Week 4: Code choice. - Wardhaugh Chapter 4. Weeks 5 & 6: Speech communities; Variation. - Wardhaugh Chapters 5 & 6. Week 7: Language change. - Wardhaugh Chapter 8. Week 8: Language and culture. - Wardhaugh Chapter 9. Week 9: Language and disadvantage. - Wardhaugh Chapter 14. Week 10: Language and gender. - Wardhaugh Chapter 13. Week 11: Address forms. - Wardhaugh Chapter 11. Weeks 12 and 13: Language planning. - Wardhaugh Chapter 15.
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Semester |
Fall |
Requirements |
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Requirements to get the grade |
Written exam (100%) |
Reading list |
Wardhaugh, Ronald. 1992. An introduction to sociolinguistics. Oxford: Blackwell. |
Suggested reading list |
any other introduction to sociolinguistics textbook |