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Sociophonetics - AFO510001
Title: Sociophonetics
Guaranteed by: Institute of Phonetics (21-FU)
Faculty: Faculty of Arts
Actual: from 2025
Semester: winter
Points: 0
E-Credits: 5
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:1/1, Ex [HT]
Capacity: unlimited / unlimited (26)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: prof. Mgr. Radek Skarnitzl, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): prof. Mgr. Radek Skarnitzl, Ph.D.
Class: A - Mezioborová nabídka VP: Lingvistika
Exchange - 09.3 Linguistics
Is pre-requisite for: AAA5PP136
Annotation -
This course explores the fascinating intersection of the sounds of language and society. We will investigate how sound patterns of English vary within and across speech communities, and how these variations carry social meaning, indexing identity, group affiliation, and social attitudes. The course is designed to be accessible to students with diverse study backgrounds. We will emphasize conceptual understanding and practical application of basic tools of phonetic analysis. The seminars are therefore dedicated to auditory and acoustic analyses of selected speech samples.<br>
The course is taught in English.<br>
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The course is designed primarily for students of Phonetics and English Language. Other students may enroll depending on the capacity.
Last update: Skarnitzl Radek, prof. Mgr., Ph.D. (08.08.2025)
Course completion requirements -

min. 70% attendance

active participation (auditory and acoustic analyses throughout the course, reading papers)

completing at least three independent phonetic analyses

Last update: Skarnitzl Radek, prof. Mgr., Ph.D. (24.07.2025)
Literature -

  • Strelluf, C. (2024). The Routledge handbook of sociophonetics. Routledge. (selected chapters)
  • Kendall, T., & Fridland, V. (2021). Sociophonetics. Cambridge University Press.
  • selected current sociophonetic papers

    Last update: Skarnitzl Radek, prof. Mgr., Ph.D. (08.08.2025)
    Syllabus -

    Principle thematic areas:

    1. Sociolinguistics and sociophonetics

    2. Language variation and change

    3. Relationship between social and speech variables

    4. Sociophonetic variation – features and analysis

    5. Perception of socially conditioned variability

    Last update: Skarnitzl Radek, prof. Mgr., Ph.D. (19.08.2025)
     
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