ZUR517 Introduction to Sociolinguistics

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Hana Kallus, M.A., Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Pavelka, CSc.
Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Drahomíra Soldánová
Timetable
Fri 20. 2. 10:00–15:40 Studio 527, Fri 27. 2. 10:00–15:40 Studio 527, Fri 13. 3. 10:00–15:40 Studio 527, Fri 20. 3. 10:00–15:40 Studio 527
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction – The Scope of Sociolinguistics , Relationship between Language and Society, Sociolinguistics and the Sociology of Language, Ethnomethodology, Basic methodological concerns, Sociolinguistics and related disciplines 2. Language, Dialects, and Varieties, Regional dialects, Social dialects, Styles and Registers, Collecting and Analyzing Data 3. Choosing a Code, Code Choice, Code – switching, and Code-mixing, Speech Communities, Variation Studies: Some Findings and Issues 4. Language Change 5. Language and Culture, The Whorfian Hypothesis, Taboo and Euphemism 6. Ethnography and Ethnomethodology, Varieties of Talk, The Ethnography of Communication, Ethnomethodology 7. Solidarity and Politeness 8. Acting and Conversing, Speech Acts: Austin and Searle, Cooperation and Face: Grice and Goffman, Some Features of Conversation 9. Language and Gender 10. Language and Disadvantage, Bernstein and Codes 11. Basic Concepts in Pragmatics 12. Language Planning 13. Presentations of Project Work
Literature
  • Wardhaugh, Ronald (1991) An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. Basil Blackwell.
  • Weatherall, Ann (2002) Gender, Language and Discourse. Routledge.Coates, Jennifer ed. (1998) Language and Gender. Blackwell.
  • Coupland, Nicolas and Jaworski, Adam (1997) Sociolinguistics. A Reader and Coursebook.MACMILLAN PRESS LTD.
  • Selected Bibliography:Llamas, Carmen, Mullany, Louise and Stockwell, Peter eds. (2007).The Routledge Companion to Sociolinguistics. RoutledgeMesthrie, Rajend, Swann, Joan, Deumert, Andrea and Leap, William (2000). Introducing Sociolinguistics. Edinburgh
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
General note: Předmět je určen všem studentům MU.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Spring 2012, Spring 2018, Spring 2019.
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