AJ52019 Topics in Linguistics: Sociolinguistics

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 7 credit(s) (plus 3 credits for an exam). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
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
each odd Friday 15:50–17:25 G01
Prerequisites
Students are expected to have background in linguistics. They will have attended courses in sociolinguistics, pragmatics and discourse analysis.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Upon completion of this course the student will have a general knowledge of and will be able to carry out a simple case study of a chosen linguistic phenomenon.
Syllabus
  • Course modules: 1. Discourse and tourism 2. Language and law 3. Language and media 4. Representation and style 5. Humour and interpersonal interactions
Literature
    recommended literature
  • CHAMBERS, J. K. Sociolinguistic theory : linguistic variation and its social significance. Rev. ed. 1st. pub. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009, xxiv, 308. ISBN 9781405152464. info
  • CHAMBERS, J. K. and Peter TRUDGILL. Dialectology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1980, 218 s. ISBN 0521294738. info
    not specified
  • Archer, Dawn, Karin Aijmer and Anne Wichmann (2012) Pragmatics: An Advanced Resource Book for Students. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-49786-2
Teaching methods
seminars class discussion student presentations
Assessment methods
Class presentation 10% Written exam - essay/written test 90%
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
General note: This course is NOT designated for Erasmus students! List of courses offerd by the Department of English and American studies for Erasmsus students is available at http://www.phil.muni.cz/wkaa/ under "Information for Erasmus students".
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: This course is NOT designated for Erasmus students! List of courses offerd by the Department of English and American studies for Erasmsus students is available at http://www.phil.muni.cz/wkaa/ under "Information for Erasmus students".
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2011, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2017.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2015, recent)
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