Course
Course 7.5 credits • ENGM13
This course is concerned with the English language from a sociolinguistic perspective. It aims to provide insights into how social structures and relationships influence language as well as the role that language can play in shaping social structures and relationships. In addition to providing students with the theoretical and analytical tools to understand current work in sociolinguistics, the course also prepares students to undertake their own research and familiarizes them with core areas of language variation in text and discourse, including regional variation, genre variation, and the role played by gender and by socio-economic and ethnic background in how we speak and use language. The course also provides insights into the globalization of English. Both quantitative and qualitative methods will be addressed in the course.
This course is concerned with the English language from a sociolinguistic perspective. It surveys the standard varieties of English and how they have developed. It aims to provide insights into how social structures and relationships influence language and how language plays a role in shaping social structures and relationships. In addition to providing students with the theoretical and analytical tools to understand current work in sociolinguistics, it also prepares them to undertake their own research and familiarises them with the current trends in sociolinguistics in the broad areas of language variation in text and discourse, attitudes towards language, multilingualism, globalization, language contact and language policy. Both quantitative and qualitative methods are discussed and evaluated in the course.Programme affiliation: Part of Master's Programme in Language and Linguistics, English
Study period:
autumn semester 2022
Type of studies:
part time, 50 %,
day
Study period:
2022-08-29 – 2022-10-30
Language of instruction:
English
Application code:
LU-34250
Eligibility:
English: Level 3 - B. A. Course (ENGK01) or equivalent