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122047 PS Proseminar Linguistics 2 / Linguistics (2016S)

Sociolinguistics

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
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Details

max. 25 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Montag 07.03. 18:00 - 19:30 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Montag 14.03. 18:00 - 19:30 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Montag 04.04. 18:00 - 19:30 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Montag 11.04. 18:00 - 19:30 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Montag 18.04. 18:00 - 19:30 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Montag 25.04. 18:00 - 19:30 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Montag 02.05. 18:00 - 19:30 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Montag 09.05. 18:00 - 19:30 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Montag 23.05. 18:00 - 19:30 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Montag 30.05. 18:00 - 19:30 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Montag 06.06. 18:00 - 19:30 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Montag 13.06. 18:00 - 19:30 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Montag 20.06. 18:00 - 19:30 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Montag 27.06. 18:00 - 19:30 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

Meyerhoff (2011: 1) quips that "[i]f I had a penny for every time I have tried to answer the question, 'So what is sociolinguistics?', I would be writing this book in the comfort of an early retirement". These definitional difficulties notwithstanding, at its core, sociolinguistics is about variation in language, viewed from both a linguistic and a social perspective. This includes, among other things, the study of regional dialects, language attitudes, multilingualism and language choice, language policy, or the role of gender in language use. As diverse as these issues might seem, they interrelate inasmuch as they deal with the influence of social structures on linguistic structures, and vice versa. The aim of sociolinguistic research is to shed light on these interrelationships in order to gain a better understanding of both language and society.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

*) Active in-class participation, incl. chairing of some discussions
*) A research proposal & bibliography
*) A presentation of the results of your research
*) A final write-up of your research project (Proseminar paper)

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

The aim of this course is to give an overview of the different areas of study within sociolinguistics and the different research methodologies characteristic of them. Based on this survey, participants will develop their own empirical projects to be presented in class and written up in a final paper.

Prüfungsstoff

*) Lecturer input
*) Partly student-chaired discussions of weekly readings
*) Group work
*) Presentations of research projects

Literatur

Textbook:

Van Herk, Gerard. 2012. What is sociolinguistics. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.

Below, a (by no means exhaustive) selection of additional (introductory) sources:

Mallinson, Christine; Childs, Becky; Van Herk, Gerard. 2013. Data collection in sociolinguistics: methods and applications. New York: Routledge.

Meyerhoff, Miriam. 2011. Introducing sociolinguistics. (2nd edition). London: Routledge.

Meyerhoff, Miriam; Schleef, Erik; MacKenzie, Laurel. 2015. Doing sociolinguistics: a practical guide to data collection and analysis. New York: Routledge.

Wardhaugh, Ronald; Fuller, Jannet. 2015. An introduction to sociolinguistics. (7th edition). Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Studium: BA 612; BEd 046
Code/Modul: BA06.1; BEd 09.1
Lehrinhalt: 12-2042

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:33