ROM0B012 Multilingualism, language change and language policy

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Alena Němcová Polická, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. Mgr. Jan Chovanec, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Ivo Buzek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Petr Dytrt, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Petr Dytrt, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 9:10–10:45 B2.43
Prerequisites
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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 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 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 American. They will appreciate the current situation int he 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.
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
  • 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.
  • LÓPEZ MORALES, Humberto (coord.), Enciclopedia del español en los Estados Unidos, Madrid, Santillana/Instituto Cervantes, 2008.
  • Martín Butragueño, Pedro y Yolanda Lastra (coords.), Corpus sociolingüístico de la ciudad de México, México, El Colegio de México, 2012.
  • Wolfram, Walt and Natalie Schilling-Estes (2006) American English. Malden and Oxford: Blackwell
  • Barriga Villanueva y Pedro Martín Butragueño (dirs.), Historia Sociolingüística de México vol 2: México contemporáneo, 2 vols., El Colegio de México, México 2010.
  • 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
  • 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
  • TOTTIE, Gunnel. An introduction to American English. Malden: Blackwell, 2002, xx, 293 s. ISBN 0-631-19792-3. info
  • 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
Lecture, seminar, group work
Assessment methods
Written examination
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2013, Autumn 2016.
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