SAKS024 French in North America

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2022
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Christophe Gérard L. Cusimano (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Christophe Gérard L. Cusimano
Center for North American Studies – Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Center for North American Studies – Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 10:00–11:40 L32
Prerequisites
This course is an opportunity to revisit the concepts of norm and variation through the particular case of the impregnation of the northern part of America by French. We can thus measure whether these varieties of French (or "adulterous French" as said Paul Wijnands, 2005) in North America must be understood as a deviation from the norm, variations, or as independent of such concepts.
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: 3/20, 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
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Course objectives
We will focus on French in North America. It will also try to relate these facts to the history of language, necessarily linked to the history of the territories where it is spoken.
Learning outcomes
Apply principles of sociolinguistics to the situation of French in North America
Syllabus
  • 1) What is called "norm"? 2) The language war 3) Language politics 4) Language politics in Canada [PRESENTATION 1] 5) Variationist sociolinguistics 6) Louisiane and linguistics : diglossia ? [PRESENTATION 2] 7) Linguistic relativity or Sapir-Whorf hypothesis 8) Sociolinguistics - key concepts [PRESENTATION 3] 9) Conclusion
Literature
  • LABOV, William. Dialect diversity in America : the politics of language change. 1st pub. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2012, ix, 173. ISBN 9780813933276. info
  • LABOV, William. The social stratification of English in New York City. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006, xii, 485. ISBN 0521821223. info
  • BLANCHET, Alain and Anne GOTMAN. L'enquête et ses méthodes : l'entretien. Edited by François de Syngly. Barcelone: Armand Colin, 2005, 127 s. ISBN 2200342349. info
  • CALVET, Louis-Jean. Essais de linguistique : la langue est-elle une invention des linguistes? Paris: Plon, 2004, 250 stran. ISBN 2259199798. info
  • SAPIR, André. Economic and Monetary Union and economic policy in Europe. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2002. info
  • CALVET, Louis-Jean. Le marché aux langues : essai de politologie linguistique sur la mondialisation. [Paris]: Plon, 2002, 220 s. ISBN 2259196608. info
  • SAPIR, Edward. Le langage : introduction à l'étude de la parole. Translated by S. M. Guillemin. Paris: Payot & Rivages, 2001, 284 s. ISBN 2228894907. info
  • L'enquête sociolinguistique. Edited by Jeanne-Marie Barbéris - Louis-Jean Calvet - Pierre Dumont. Paris: Harmattan, 1999, 190 s. ISBN 2738476686. info
  • CALVET, Louis-Jean. La sociolinguistique. 3e éd. corr. Paris: Presses universitaires de France, 1998, 127 s. ISBN 2130452515. info
  • LABOV, William. Principles of linguistic change. 1st pub. Oxford: Blackwell, 1994, xix, 641. ISBN 0631179143. info
  • CALVET, Louis-Jean. Les Langues véhiculaires. 1. éd. Paris: Presses universitaires de France, 1981, 127 s. ISBN 2130368883. info
  • LABOV, William. Sociolinguistic patterns. 1st pub. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1978, xxiv, 344. ISBN 0631177205. info
  • SAPIR, Edward. Language : an introduction to the study of speech. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1921, vii, 258. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussion, group projects and homeworks
Assessment methods
No final exam, only oral presentations during the semester
Language of instruction
French
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: Kurz probíhá formou samostudia.
Teacher's information
https://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf2/course/view.php?id=1325
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020.
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