UNIVERSITY OF GUJRAT
ENG-307: Sociolinguistics
Course Code:ENG-307
Year: 2011
Instructor’s Name: Moazzam Ali
E-mail: moazzam.ali@uog.edu.pk
Website: www.uogenglish.wordpress.com
Course Description
Course Type:
(Compulsory/Core/Elective)
Pre-requisites
Goals
The course is about the study of the relationship between
language and society. It would also highlight the various
functions that a language performs in a society.
Elective
General reading of the topics like Society, Language & Culture
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Text Book
Additional Readings
Course Title: Sociolinguistics
Semester: Fall, 2011
Office (Room No): A110
Office Hours: 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
The students will develop in-depth understanding of key
areas in Sociolinguistics.
The students will be able to take issues critically and
conduct practical thinking and analysis.
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Wardhaugh, R. 1986, An Introduction to Sociolinguistics,
Oxford: Basil Blackwell
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Teacher’s Notes
Stockwell, P. 2003, Sociolinguistics: A resource book for
students, London: Routledge
Hudson, R.A. 1996, Sociolinguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press
Trudgill, Peter. Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language
and Society. 2nd ed. Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1983.
Trudgill, Peter. Introducing Language and Society, London:
Penguin. 1992.
Lectures
32 sessions of 45 minutes each
Attendance Policy
A minimum of 70% attendance is required for a student to
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Grading
Quizzes, Assignments and
Presentation Schedule
(tentative)
be eligible to take the final examination.
The students with less than 70% of the attendance in a course
shall be given the grade SA (Short Attendance) in such a course
and shall not be allowed to take its End Term Exams and will
have to reappear in the course to get the required attendance to
be eligible to sit in the exam when the course is offered the next
time.
The course will be evaluated on the basis of the following
percentage:
 Mid Term
25%
 Sessional work
25%
o
Presentation/Practical
10%
o
Assignment/Practical
10%
o
Quizzes
05%
Final term
50%
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th
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Presentation : 7 , 10 & 11 Week
Quizzes: 14th Week
Assignments: 15th Week
Session Schedule
Sessions/
Topics
Readings
Lectures
1&2
3& 4
5&6
An Introduction to Sociolinguistics
The Scientific Investigation of Language
Relationship between language and society
Sociolinguistics and sociology of
linguistics
Language and Dialect
Register and Style
Pidgin and Creole- An Introduction
Theories of origin of pidgin to Creole
1st Chapter of the Text Book
2nd Chapter of the Text Book
Trudgill, Peter. Introducing
Language and Society, London:
Penguin. 1992. ( for definitions)
3rd Chapter of the Text Book
7&8
Language Diversity and Speech
Communities
Bilingualism and Multilingualism
Dimensions, Manifestations and Effects of
Bilingualism
4th & 5th Chapter of the Text
Book
Teacher’s Notes
2
9&10
11&12
13&14
Diaglossia and Bilingualism
Language Choice: Domain Theory
Code choice: Code-switching, Codemixing
Borrowing
Difference between Code-switching and
Borrowing
Social Factors involved in Code-switching
and Borrowing
Articles and Teacher’s Notes
Variation and Change
Regional Variation
Relating Linguistic Variation to Social
7th Chapter of the Text Book
Articles and Teacher’s Notes
Variation
15&16
Presentations & Mid Term Examination
17&18
Language, Culture and Thought
Linguistic and Cultural relativity
Language and Thought
The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
Social Functions of Language
Solidarity and Politeness
Tu and Vous
Address Terms
19&20
9th Chapter of the Text Book &
Teacher’s Notes
Trudgill, Peter. Introducing
Language and Society, London:
Penguin. 1992. (for definitions)
11th Chapter of the Text Book
21&22
23&24
25&26
27&28
29&30
31&32
Presentations
 Presentations
 Discussion on Assignments
Language and Gender 1
Male-Female Language Differences
Language and Gender 2
Linguistic inequality
Discourse Analysis
Power and Ideology in Language
Stereotypes
Analysing Discourse- News Article
New, National and International Englishes
South Asian Englishes
Ethnography and Ethno-methodology
Conversational Style
Asymmetrical Talk
Revision
Articles & Teacher’s Notes
13th Chapter of the Text Book
Teacher’s Notes
Teacher’s Notes
12th Chapter of the Text Book
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