SAKS002 Multilingualism, Language Change and Language Policy

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Ivo Buzek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. Mgr. Jan Chovanec, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Alena Němcová Polická, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Mgr. Jan Chovanec, Ph.D.
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
Wed 10:00–11:40 G23; and Wed 30. 11. 8:00–9:40 G23, Wed 7. 12. 8:00–9:40 G23
Prerequisites
! AJ22094 Multilingualism && ! ROM0B012 Multilingualism, language pol.
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Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 4/15, only registered: 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
At the end of the course, students will be able to understand the language situation in North America. They will appreciate the current situation in the context of diverse historical, social, economic and political changes. The course deals with various aspects of multilingualism in Canada, USA and Mexico and notes the mutual position of the individual languages in various areas of the continent. The course concentrates on three areas: multilingualism, language change and language policy.
Learning outcomes
After passing this course, students will be able to:
- understand the language situation in North America
- perceive the current state in the context of historical, social, economic and political changes
- apprecaite the historical context of multilingualism in the USA
- understand the operation of language policy and planning with respect to the Hispanic population
- understand the processes of language change
- understand current changes in the language and the relationship between the Anglophone and the Francophone population in Canada.
Syllabus
  • The course will cover some of the following topics: 1. Linguistic situation in USA 2. Linguistic situation in Canada 3. Linguistic situation in Mexico 4. Multilingualism in the modern society 5. Historical overview of colonial influences 6. Code-mixing and code-switching 7. Dialectology in North America 8. Multilingualism of ethnic and marginal groups 9. African American English in the USA - historical sources, social migration, current situation, future trends 10. Lecture by a visiting professor 11. Lecture by a visiting professor 12. Group work - dicussion and presentation of independent reading 13. Multilingualism, language change, language policy
Literature
    required literature
  • Wolfram, Walt and Natalie Schilling-Estes (2006) American English. Malden and Oxford: Blackwell
  • Language in the USA : themes for the twenty-first century. Edited by Edward Finegan - John R. Rickford. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, xviii, 502. ISBN 052177747X. info
    recommended literature
  • VIERECK, Wolfgang and Karin VIERECK. Encyklopedický atlas anglického jazyka. Edited by Heinrich Ramisch - Marek Nekula, Translated by Andrea Fischerová. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2005, 299 s. ISBN 8071065692. info
  • TOTTIE, Gunnel. An introduction to American English. Malden: Blackwell, 2002, xx, 293 s. ISBN 0-631-19792-3. info
    not specified
  • Barriga Villanueva y Pedro Martín Butragueño (dirs.), Historia Sociolingüística de México vol 2: México contemporáneo, 2 vols., El Colegio de México, México 2010.
  • Lacorte, Manel / Jennifer Leeman (eds.) (2009): Español en Estados Unidos y otros contextos de contacto: sociolingüística, ideología y pedagogía, Madrid: Iberoamericana ; Frankfurt a.M.: Vervuert.
  • Martín Butragueño, Pedro y Yolanda Lastra (coords.), Corpus sociolingüístico de la ciudad de México, México, El Colegio de México, 2012.
  • LÓPEZ MORALES, Humberto (coord.), Enciclopedia del español en los Estados Unidos, Madrid, Santillana/Instituto Cervantes, 2008.
  • Sociocultural and historical contexts of African American English. Edited by Sonja L. Lanehart. Philadelphia: John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2001, xvii, 371. ISBN 9027248869. info
Teaching methods
Seminar work, group work
Assessment methods
Written examination (test)
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Předmět si nemohou zapsat studenti Bc. studia AJ
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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