The aim of the course is introducing the students to a range of functions and varieties of language and their social relevance in the context of language teaching. The main focus is on norm formation, emergent attitudes and standard establishment and the manner in which these phenomena influence linguistic behaviour and the society as such.
Topic 1: Basic concepts, speaker identity, socio-pragmatic competence
Topic 2: Language varieties
Topic 3: Regional and social dialects
Topic 4: Gender, politeness and stereotypes
Topic 5: Style, context and register
Topic 6: Language change
Last update: Kadrnožková Monika, PhDr., Ph.D. (26.10.2020)
The aim of the course is introducing the students to a range of functions and varieties of language and their social relevance in the context of language teaching. The main focus is on norm formation, emergent attitudes and standard establishment and the manner in which these phenomena influence linguistic behaviour and the society as such.
Topic 1: Basic concepts, speaker identity, socio-pragmatic competence
Topic 2: Language varieties
Topic 3: Regional and social dialects
Topic 4: Gender, politeness and stereotypes
Topic 5: Style, context and register
Topic 6: Language change
Last update: Kadrnožková Monika, PhDr., Ph.D. (26.10.2020)
Literature -
COUPLAND, Nicholas; JAWORSKI, Adam. Sociolinguistics. A Reader and Coursebook. Houndmill, Basingstoke, Hampshire and London: Macmillan Press, 1997. ISBN 978-0312175733
ECKERT, Penelope; RICKFORD, John. R. Style and Sociolinguistic Variation. Cambridge: CUP, 2002. ISBN 978-0521597890
HOLMES, Janet. An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. 4th edition. London: Routledge, 2013. ISBN 978-1408276747
HORNBERGER, Nancy H.; LEE McKAY, Sandra. Sociolinguistics and Language Teaching. Cambridge: CUP, 2006. ISBN 0-521-48434-0
LABOV, William. The Social Stratification of English in New York City. 2nd edition. Cambridge: CUP, 2011. ISBN 978-0521136136
MEIER, Paul. Dialects of the British Isles. Lawrence: Paul Meier Dialect Services, 2012. 978-1938029066
Last update: Kadrnožková Monika, PhDr., Ph.D. (26.10.2020)
COUPLAND, Nicholas; JAWORSKI, Adam. Sociolinguistics. A Reader and Coursebook. Houndmill, Basingstoke, Hampshire and London: Macmillan Press, 1997. ISBN 978-0312175733
ECKERT, Penelope; RICKFORD, John. R. Style and Sociolinguistic Variation. Cambridge: CUP, 2002. ISBN 978-0521597890
HOLMES, Janet. An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. 4th edition. London: Routledge, 2013. ISBN 978-1408276747
HORNBERGER, Nancy H.; LEE McKAY, Sandra. Sociolinguistics and Language Teaching. Cambridge: CUP, 2006. ISBN 0-521-48434-0
LABOV, William. The Social Stratification of English in New York City. 2nd edition. Cambridge: CUP, 2011. ISBN 978-0521136136
MEIER, Paul. Dialects of the British Isles. Lawrence: Paul Meier Dialect Services, 2012. 978-1938029066
Last update: Kadrnožková Monika, PhDr., Ph.D. (26.10.2020)
