Introduction to sociolinguistics: Core issues, concepts and approaches Sociolinguistic study: Methods of observation and analysis Models of interaction in society (social networks, speech community, community of practice) Language variation and change: dialects and social groups Language variation: style, situation, function Multilingualism and language choice Language and interaction Language contact Language, gender and identity Language, power and inequality Language planning and policy
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Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Methods of individual activities
- Independent critical reading
- 40 hours per semester
- Contact teaching
- 26 hours per semester
- Home preparation for classes
- 26 hours per semester
- Preparation for an exam
- 26 hours per semester
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The course aims to provide students with a firm grounding in sociolinguistics and to explain the different ways in which sociolinguists research the relation between language and society. It focuses, among other topics, on how speakers present themselves to others, on variation in the form of an individual's use of different styles and registers, and on the way various groups of individuals use language in diverse social settings. The course brings to students' attention the role of non-linguistic factors (e.g. ethnic, social and regional) and the way in which they affect language use. During the course students will have an opportunity to analyse real-life examples of language use and to consider various connections between language and society.
Students will be able to consider the use of language in connection to particular functions in a society and will acquire skills of applying the knowledge in the process of English language teaching.
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Baker, Paul. Sociolinguistics and Corpus Linguistics. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2010.
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Coulmas, Florian. Sociolinguistics : the study of speakers' choices. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. ISBN 978-1-107-67556-8.
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Eades, Diana. Sociolinguistics and the Legal Process. Bristol: Multilingual Matters, 2010.
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Eckert, Penelope. Style and sociolinguistic variation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-521-59789-7.
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GEESLIN, Kimberly L. a Avizia Yim LONG. Sociolinguistics and second language acquisition: learning to use language in context.. New York: Routledge, 2014. ISBN 978-0-415-52947-1.
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HOLMES, Janet. An introduction to sociolinguistics. Fourth edition.. London: Routledge, 2013. ISBN 978-1-4082-7674-7.
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Chambers, J.K. and Peter Trudgill. Dialectology.. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004.
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Llamas, Carmen, Louise Mullany, and Peter Stockwell (eds.). The Routledge companion to sociolinguistics. London & New York: Routledge, 2007.
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MCCAY, L., HORNBERGER, N.H. Sociolinguistics and Language Teaching. Cambridge University Press, 1996.
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Mesthrie, Rajend (ed.). Concise encyclopedia of sociolinguistics. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2001.
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Mesthrie, Rajend, Joan Swann, Ana Deumert, and William Leap. Introducing Sociolinguistics. Edinburgh, Scotland: Edinburgh University Press., 2009.
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Meyerhoff, Miriam. Introducing Sociolinguistics. London & New York: Routledge, 2006.
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Paulston, Christina Bratt . Sociolinguistics : the essential readings. Oxford: Blackwell, 2003. ISBN 978-0-631-22717-5.
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ROMAINE, S. Language in Society. An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. Oxford University Press, 1994.
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Wardhaugh, Ronald. An introduction to sociolinguistics. Oxford: Blackwell, 2006. ISBN 978-1-4051-3559-7.
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