FF:AJ12070 Intro. to Sociolinguistics - Course Information
AJ12070 Introduction to Sociolinguistics
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2014
- 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: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Thu 7:30–9:05 G24
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- AJ09999 Qualifying Examination || AJ01002 Practical English II
- 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 75 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/75, only registered: 0/75, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/75 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 11 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The course provides a survey of recent sociolinguistic approaches to language study, particularly 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. At the end of the course, students will be able to understand the relationship between language and society. They will be able to appreciate the role of social factors in human communication, as well as the social significance of linguistic variablity.
- Syllabus
- Language, dialects and varieties; Pidgins and creoles; Choice of a code; Variation; Language change; Language and culture; Solidarity and Politeness; Language and Gender; Language and Disadvantage; Language Planning; Pragmatics: Deixis and distance, Reference and inference, Presupposition and entailment, Cooperation and implicature, Speech acts and events, Politeness and interaction, Conversation and preference structure, Discourse and culture
- Literature
- required literature
- Bell, Allan (2014) The Guidebook to Sociolinguistics. Malden MA and Oxford: Wiley Blackwell.
- recommended literature
- WARDHAUGH, Ronald. An introduction to sociolinguistics : Sociolinguistics (Variant.). 4th ed. Oxford: Blackwell, 2002, vi, 408 s. ISBN 0-631-22539-0. info
- not specified
- 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
- Teaching methods
- Seminars, class discussions, practical analysis of sample texts and language data.
- Assessment methods
- Instruction: seminar; active participation is necessary - discussion of issues based on independent reading Written test - text analysis, terminology + concepts, theory. Several homework assignments to be completed and submitted during the term. Students are expected to meet all requirements (e.g. concerning attendance) as specified by the study regulations.
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually. - Information about innovation of course.
- This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.
- Teacher's information
- http://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf/course/view.php?id=2299
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2014, recent)
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