SDU/ Department of Foreign Languages Academic year 2014-2015/Spring semester Academic Year 2012-13 Spring Semester

Course: Introduction to Sociolinguistics Syllabus

PE «University by Suleiman Demirel»

Philology and Pedagogical Specialties Faculty

Department “Foreign Languages”

Introduction to Sociolinguistics

Spring semester, Academic Year 2014-2015

Credits: 2

APPROVED by Dean of Philology and

Pedagogical Specialties Faculty

______________________

Cand. of Ped. Sciences

Gaipov D.E.

«____» August 2014

Personal Information about the Instructor	Time and place		Contact information
PhD, Associate professor Zhumaliyeva R.Z.	Classes	Office Hours	Telephone	e-mail
		TBD		rakhimazh@gmail.com

COURSE TITLE: Introduction to Sociolinguistics

COURSE DURATION: 2 credits, 15 weeks, 30 class hours/ lectures (15 hours) and seminars (15 hours)

COURSE PRE-REQUISITES: Media Discourse and Culture, Multiculturalism and Media Culture School of Media and Cultural Studies.

POST-REQUISITES: Diploma research paper, Master’ program

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Sociolinguistics is the study of the relation between language and society and language and culture. It deals with ways in which language serves to define and maintain group identity and social relationships among speakers. Students will learn about a variety of topics dealing with the general theme of language in its social context. Our scope will also be extended to address the educational, political, and social repercussions of language use from a sociolinguistic perspective. This course will introduce to students various sociolinguistic approaches and methods used for collecting and presenting data for the study of language in society. The purpose of this course is to enable students to think critically over the nature and function of language in our society and to work collaboratively on empirical research projects for sociolinguistics study.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. gain a comprehensive view of sociolinguistics study;

2. grasp the various quantitative and qualitative methods for sociolinguistics study;

6. compile glossaries, analyze results, and present findings in an academic style;

7. develop a critical sociolinguistic awareness of language in use;

8. demonstrate the ability to perform independent research (project paper);

9. prepare and make presentations on specific sociolinguistic topics and coordinate the classroom discussion;

10. critique other students’ presentations and make suggestions for improvement.

Literature and abbreviations:

Required:

1. Wardhaugh, Ronald (2006), An introduction to sociolinguistics. Fifth edition published 2006 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd

2. Rajend Mesthrie, Joan Swann, Ana Deumert and William L. Leap (2009) Introducing Sociolinguiostics, Edinburgh University Press,

3. The Routledge Handbook of Sociolinguistics Around the World, Edited by Martin J. Ball (2010)

Supplementary:

Mesthrie (2009), (Hudson, 1996 C 1; Coulmas, 1998 C 1 & 2; Wardhaugh, 1998 C 1; Holmes, 2001C 1; Meyerhoff, 2006 C 1 & 12)

(Labov, 1972; Wardhaugh, 1998 C 10; Milroy and Gordon, 2003; Tagliamonte, 2006 C 2; Bayley and Lucas, 2007) (Brown and Sandra, 1987; Schwartz, 1987; Tuyay and Jennings et al., 1995; Gimenez, 2001; Winchatz, 2001; Pahl, 2004; Goebel, 2005; Sleurs and Jacobs, 2005; John, 2006; Nevins, 2010)

(Fasold, 1990; Milroy and Gordon, 2003; Thornborrow and Coates, 2005; Tagliamonte, 2006; Bayley and Lucas, 2007)

(Hudson, 1996 C 2; Wardhaugh, 1998 C 2, 6, 7 & 11; Holmes, 2001 C 6 & 7; Meyerhoff, 2006 C 3; Bayley and Lucas, 2007; Adamson, 2009; Mesthrie and Swann et al., 2009 C 2, 3 & 4)

(Kalmar and Yong et al., 1987; Young and Shuan-Fan Huang et al., 1992; C and Cl, 1994; Cargile and Giles et al., 1994; 沈依青, 1997; Ladegaard, 1998; Luk, 1998; 周雷与高一虹等, 1998; Ladegaard, 2000; ZHOU, 2000; Garrett, 2001; Holmes, 2001 C 14; Zoltan and Kata, 2002; Dede, 2004; Dornyei and Csizer, 2005; Meyerhoff, 2006 C 4; Wang and Ladegaard, 2008)

(Schiffrin, 1996; Bucholtz, 2003; Thomas and Wareing et al., 2004; Coupland, 2007; LEVON, 2007; Mallinson and Childs, 2007; Dolón and Todolí, 2008)

(Milroy and Milroy, 1992; Wardhaugh, 1998 C 5; HOLMES and MEYERHOFF, 1999; Lo, 1999; Holmes, 2001 C 8; Paolillo, 2001; Rae, 2001; Marcoccia, 2004; Meyerhoff, 2006 C 8 & 9; DE FINA, 2007; Blythe and Croft, 2009)

(Hudson, 1996 C 4; Wardhaugh, 1998 C 11 & 12; Holmes, 2001 C 2, 10-12; Meyerhoff, 2006 C 5 & 6; Mesthrie and Swann et al., 2009 C 6)

(Johnson-Weiner, 1998; Wardhaugh, 1998 C 8; Yang, 2000; Aitchison, 2001; Holmes, 2001 C 3 & 9; Crystal, 2003; Meyerhoff, 2006 C 10; Bisang and Hock et al., 2008; Mesthrie and Swann et al., 2009 C 8 & 9)

(Huang and Tian, 1990; Wu, 1990; Hudson, 1996 C 3; Wardhaugh, 1998 C 9; Holmes, 2001 C 13; TRINCH, 2001; Lund, 2003; Thomas and Wareing et al., 2004; Dipper and Black et al., 2005; William, 2006; Cao, 2007; Tohidian, 2009)

(Bernstein, 1990; Hudson, 1996 C 6; Conley and William M. O, 1998; Fairclough, 2001 C 3; Thomas and Wareing et al., 2004; Hosman and Siltanen, 2006; Mesthrie and Swann et al., 2009 Chapter 10)

(Annamalal, 1989; Finlayson and Slabbert, 1997; Wardhaugh, 1998 C 4; Holmes, 2001 C 4; KAYE, 2001; Hudson, 2002; Bhatia and Ritchie, 2004; Meyerhoff, 2006 C 6; Dewey, 2007; Gardner-Chloros, 2009; House, 2009; Mesthrie and Swann et al., 2009 C 5)

(Wardhaugh, 1998 C 14 & 15; Holmes, 2001 C 5; Thomas and Wareing et al., 2004; Mesthrie and Swann et al., 2009 C 12; Dong, 2010)

(Kwock-Ping Tse, 1981; Chilton and Schaffner, 2002; Chilton, 2004; Leudar and Marsland et al., 2004; Zhou and Sun, 2004; Orwenjo, 2009)

(Bayley and Lucas, 2007 C 12-17; Mesthrie and Swann et al., 2009 C 11)

(Turell, 2004; Koerster, 2006; Coulthard and Cotterill, 2007; Yu, 2008; Fraser, 2009)

Journal of Sociolinguistics

Language in Society

The international Journal of the Sociology of Language

Language Variation and Change

American Speech

Discourse and Society

Discourse and Communication

Discourse Studies

Text and Talk

Research on Language and Social Interaction

International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law

Language Problems and Language Planning

World Englishes

English World-wide

Anthroplogical Linguistics

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Education

Journal of Multicultural Discourse

Communication and Discourse

Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis

Critical Discourse Analysis

Current Issues in Language and Society

Current Issues in Language Planning

Language and Gender

Journal of Pragmatics

Intercultural Pragmatics

International Journal of Bilinguilism

Journal of Child Language

Journal of Historical Pragmatics

Journal of Language and Social Psychology

Journal of Politeness Research

Language and Communication

Language in Contrast

Language Awareness

Multilingua

Narrative Inquiry

Internet sources:

1. http://www.aut.ac.nz/research/research-institutes/icdc/publications/journal-of-sociolinguistics

2. http://www.ehow.com/list_7795686_research-ideas-sociolinguistics.html Read more : http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Z4Fj6zzdAhwJ:www.ehow.com/list_7795686_research-ideas-sociolinguistics.html+&cd=16&hl=ru&ct=clnk&gl=kz

Abbreviations:

TSIS: Teacher Supervised Independent Study

SIS: Students’ Independent Study

*Please note that although your instructor will make her best effort to adhere to the course calendar, adjustments may be made for a variety of reasons, including holidays, technical problems, and student performance.

Course calendar/autumn semester

Week	Course Content				Project paper/TSIS/SIS
	Lectures	Hours	Seminars	Hours	Assignments	Hours
1	Introduction to Sociolinguistics	1	1. Lecture notes 2.Knowledge of Language 3. Variation 4. Scientific Investigation 5.Language and Society 6.Sociolinguistics and Sociology of Language 7. Methodological Concerns	1	Read Project Guidelines	2
2	Language, dialects and varieties	1	1. Lecture notes 2. Discussion of Project Guidelines 3. Language and Dialect 4.Regional Dialects	1	Be ready to discuss Project Guidelines	2
3	Language, dialects and varieties	1	1.Lecture notes 2.Social Dialects 3.Styles, Registers, and Beliefs	1	Choose research paper	2
4	Pidgins and creoles	1	1. Lecture notes 2. Lingua Francas 3. Definitions 4. Distribution and Characteristics 5. Origins 6. From Pidgin to Creole	1	Read and analyse research paper (Handout 1)	2
5	Code choice	1	1.Lecture notes 2. Diglossia 3. Bilingualism and Multilingualism 4. Code-Switching	1	Read and analyse research paper (Handout 1)	2
6	Speech communities	1	1. Lecture notes 2. Definitions 3.Intersecting communities 4. Networks and Repertoires	1	Find out terms on Sociolinguistics	2
7	Language Variation	1	1. Lecture notes 2. Regional Variation 3. The Linguistic Variable 4.Linguistic and Social Variation 5. Data Collection and Analysis	1	Find out terms on sociolinguistics	2
8	Midterm assessment	1	Review		Find out definitions of terms from dictionaries	2
9	Language Change	1	1. Lecture notes 2. The Traditional View 3. Changes in Progress 4.The Process of Change	1	Write down examples from the research paper	2
10	Language and culture	1	1. Lecture notes 2. Whorf 3. Kinship 4.Taxonomies 5. Color 6. Prototypes	1	Write down examples from the research paper	2
11	Address forms (Solidarity and Politeness)	1	1. Lecture notes 2.Address Terms 3. Politeness	1	Make references to the Glossary (Handout 2,3,4)	2
12	Language and gender	1	1. Lecture notes 2. Differences 3. Possible explanations	1	Make references to the Glossary (Handout 2,3,4)	2
13	Language and disadvantage	1	1.Lecture notes 2.Disadvantage 3.Codes	1	Prepare presentation (Handout 5,6)	2
14	Language planning	1	1. Lecture notes 2.Issues 3. A Variety of Situations	1	Prepare presentation (Handout 5,6)	2
15	End-of-term assessment	1	Review	1	Glossary and Project presentation	2
16-17	Final exam		Final test