Fiche de cours
Synchronic Linguistics: Introduction to Sociolinguistics
Faculté de gestion: Faculté des lettres
Responsable(s): Jennifer Thorburn
Intervenant(s): -
Pas d'horaire défini.
Séminaire
Semestre de printemps
2 heures par semaine
28 heures par semestre
Langue(s) d'enseignement: anglais
Public: Oui
Crédits: 0
Objectif
After successfully completing this course, student will be able to:
- Understand essential sociolinguistic concepts and theories
- Engage with sociolinguistic literature, particularly about language variation and change
- Discuss academic argumentation and research in an informal setting
- Conduct primary empirical research, including basic quantitative analyses
Contenu
Sociolinguistics is the study of language and society. This course introduces students to foundational concepts of language variation and change through the lens of dialectological and (variationist) sociolinguistic research. Students will engage with key studies to understand how factors such as age, sex, region, ethnicity, and social groupings can impact language use. They will develop an understanding of why such variation exists and of how people regard and respond to differences between varieties by conducting quantitative sociolinguistic studies on regional language(s).
Bibliographie
Van Herk, Gerard. 2018. What is Sociolinguistics? 2nd ed. Malden: Wiley-Blackwell.
Exigences du cursus d'études
Anglais au moins niveau B2
