FF:AJ12070 Intro. to Sociolinguistics - Course Information
AJ12070 Introduction to Sociolinguistics
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2005
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. Mgr. Jan Chovanec, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Tomáš Kačer, Ph.D. - Timetable of Seminar Groups
- AJ12070/A: Tue 8:20–9:55 G32, J. Chovanec
AJ12070/B: Tue 10:00–11:35 G32, J. Chovanec - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- AJ09999 Qualifying Examination
- 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 70 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/70, only registered: 0/70, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/70 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 12 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The course provides a survey of recent sociolinguistic approaches to language study, particu-larly with regard to the relationship between language and culture, language and society, language and language users. Language variation (social and regional) and language change will be studied on texts, both spoken and written.
- Syllabus
- The course provides a survey of recent sociolinguistic approaches to language study, particu-larly with regard to the relationship between language and culture, language and society, language and language users. Language variation (social and regional) and language change will be studied on texts, both spoken and written.
- Literature
- WARDHAUGH, Ronald. An introduction to sociolinguistics : Sociolinguistics (Variant.). 4th ed. Oxford: Blackwell, 2002, vi, 408 s. ISBN 0-631-22539-0. info
- DOWNES, William. Language and society. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998, ix, 503. ISBN 0521456630. info
- HUDSON, Richard A. Sociolinguistics. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996, xv, 279. ISBN 0521565146. info
- HOLMES, Janet. An introduction to sociolinguistics. London: Longman, 1992, xi, 412. ISBN 0582060621. info
- Assessment methods (in Czech)
- Seminar; Assessment: exam / Seminář; Hodnocení: zkouška
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further Comments
- The course is taught annually.
- Teacher's information
- http://www.phil.muni.cz/elf/course/category.php?id=5
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2005, recent)
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