IMCS1017 Language, Society and Interaction (5 cr)
Study level:
Advanced studies
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English
Responsible organisation:
Department of Language and Communication Studies
Curriculum periods:
2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020
Description
Content
This course introduces the student to interaction-oriented sociolinguistics and discourse studies. It focuses on the organization of interaction, on multilingualism and multilingual communication, on language and identity, language and power, and language planning and policy.
Completion methods
Reading seminar
Assessment details
Learning assignments, final paper
Learning outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to
- describe and analyze aspects of the intimate connection between language, language use and society
- define and apply basic sociolinguistic concepts
- apply interaction-oriented sociolinguistic methods to analyze language in different, also multilingual and multicultural contexts
- describe and analyze how language is intertwined with identity, power and ideology
- develop own research questions in the field of sociolinguistics.
- describe and analyze aspects of the intimate connection between language, language use and society
- define and apply basic sociolinguistic concepts
- apply interaction-oriented sociolinguistic methods to analyze language in different, also multilingual and multicultural contexts
- describe and analyze how language is intertwined with identity, power and ideology
- develop own research questions in the field of sociolinguistics.
Additional information
Timing: 1st year
Literature
- Hutchby, Ian & Robin Wooffitt: Conversation Analysis. 2008.
- Selected articles and chapters from a.o.:
- Coupland, Nikolas (ed.): Sociolinguistics. Theoretical Debates. 2008.
- Coupland, Nikolas & Adam Jaworski (eds.): The New Sociolinguistics Reader. 2009.
Completion methods
Method 1
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Parts of the completion methods
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Unpublished assessment item