EKIS276 Redefining Language in the 21st Century (5 cr)
Description
Content
This self-study option contains works from leading critical sociolinguists of the early 21st century, one from a European, one from an Austral-Asian perspective. They contain attempts to retheorize canonical understandings of language, linking new theories of how language works in society to empirical work across contexts.
They describe some of the ways in which language can be seen as embedded in the social and cultural world of contemporary societies and communities. They attempt to challenge old patterns of thinking and increase our critical understandings of the complex, translocal and transcultural forms that English and multilingualism can take in our world of increasing globalization.
Completion methods
Exam: eExam or general faculty exam
Assessment details
Exam
Learning outcomes
After studying the books, the students will be able to:
- describe key attempts to retheorize former, even canonical understandings of language in the 21st century
- understand the ways in which language can be seen as embedded in the social and cultural world of contemporary societies and communities
- understand the complex, translocal and transcultural forms that English and multilingualism can take in the world of increasing globalization
Description of prerequisites
Recommended prerequisites
- Prerequisite group 1
- Prerequisite group 2
- Basic Studies in English as Optional StudiesNot published for this curriculum period
Literature
- Blommaert, Jan (2013). Ethnography, Superdiversity and Linguistic Landscape: Chronicles of Complexity. Bristol: Multilingual Matters.
- Pennycook, Alastair (2010). Language as a local practice. London: Routledge.
Completion methods
Method 1
Exam (5 cr)
Self-study, eExam or general faculty exam
- Pennycook, Alastair (2010). Language as a local practice. London: Routledge.
- Blommaert, Jan (2013). Ethnography, Superdiversity and Linguistic Landscape: Chronicles of Complexity. Bristol: Multilingual Matters.