Curs 2008-2009

Llicenciatura en Lingüística i Aplicacions Tecnològiques

13299 Sociolingüística

The topics covered

1 Introduction

- Knowledge of Language

- Variation

- Scientific Investigation

- Sociolinguistics and the Sociology of Language

- Methodological Concerns

2 Languages, Dialects, and Varieties

- Seven Criteria of a Language

- Regional Dialects

- Social Dialects

- Styles, registers, and Beliefs

3 Pidgin and Creoles

- Lingua Francas

- Distribution and Characteristics

- From Pidgin to Creole

4 Codes

- Diglossia

- Bilingualism and Multilingualism

- Code-Switching

5 Sociopragmatics. The notion of 'politeness'

6 Pragmatic Aspects of Communicative Competence

- Functional competence

- Sociolinguistic competence

- Interactional competence

- Cultural competence

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Coupland, N. & A. Jaworski (eds). 1997. Sociolinguistics: a reader and coursebook. Hampshire and London: Palgrave Macmillan

Holmes, J. 1992. An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. London: Longman.

Hudson, R.A. 1996. Sociolinguistics. 2nd.edn. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Mesthrie et al. 2000. Introducing Sociolinguistics. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press

Meyerhoff, M. 2006. Introducing Sociolinguistics. London: Routledge.

Montgomery, M. 1995. An Introduction to Language and Society. 2nd edn. London: Routledge.

Romaine, S. 2001. Language in Society: An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. 2nd edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Spolsky, B. 1998. Sociolinguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Trudgill, P. 1995. Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language and Society. 3rd edn. Harmondsworth, England: Penguin Books.