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Course Syllabus

Master 2024/2025

Sociolinguistics

Type: Elective course (Linguistic Theory and Language Description)
Area of studies: Fundamental and Applied Linguistics
Delivered by: School of Linguistics
Where: Faculty of Humanities
When: 1 year, 1, 2 module
Mode of studies: offline
Open to: students of one campus
Instructors: Alexey Vinyar
Master’s programme: Linguistic Theory and Language Description
Language: English
ECTS credits: 6
Contact hours: 32

Course Syllabus

Full Syllabus

Abstract

Students enrolled in this course deal with the issues of social interaction, social variation of speech and cultural anthropology. Students are supposed to get acquainted with variational studies (speech variation induced by various social factors), macrosociolinguistics (description of language situation and language policy) and microsociolinguistics (interpersonal communication and interactionist studies). An emphasis is put on research methods that students get acquainted with through fieldwork. Prerequisites: BA degree in Linguistics or a completed MA-level course on "Introduction to Linguistics".
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • The general objective of this course is to introduce the students to the main topics of sociolinguistics. They should be able to analyze sociolinguistics processes from both linguistic and sociological points of view. The students are supposed to learn theoretical models of sociolinguistics as well as general models of sociolinguistic and socio-anthropological analysis.
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • Analyze sociolinguistics processes from both linguistic and sociological points of view.
  • Are proficient in social processes that involve language.
  • Have skills of sociolinguistic fieldwork.
  • Have skills of sociological and socioanthropological analysis of language.
  • Know the aims and the structure of the course.
  • Know theoretical models of sociolinguistics as well as general models of sociolinguistic and socio-anthropological analysis.
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • Introductory lecture.
  • Sociolinguistics today.
  • Variational studies.
  • Macrosociolinguistics.
  • Microsociolinguistics.
  • Research methods.
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking Research project proposal presentation
  • non-blocking Paper presentation and discussion
  • non-blocking Research paper draft (for 9 and 10 marks)
  • non-blocking Participation in reading papers' discussion
  • non-blocking Research project
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • 2024/2025 2nd module
    0.15 * Paper presentation and discussion + 0.15 * Participation in reading papers' discussion + 0.2 * Research paper draft (for 9 and 10 marks) + 0.4 * Research project + 0.1 * Research project proposal presentation
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • The Cambridge Handbook of Sociolinguistics, edited by Rajend Mesthrie, Cambridge University Press, 2011. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/hselibrary-ebooks/detail.action?docID=803144.
  • Социолингвистика и социология языка : хрестоматия, , 2012

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • 9781315514635 - Smakman, Dick; Heinrich, Patrick - Urban Sociolinguistics : The City As a Linguistic Process and Experience - 2018 - Routledge - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1585404 - nlebk - 1585404

Authors

  • VINYAR ALEKSEY IGOREVICH