SYLLABUS
COURSE TITLE
FACULTY/INSTITUTE
COURSE CODE
DEGREE PROGRAMME
FIELD OF STUDY
SOCIOLINGUISTICS
INSTITUTE OF ENGLISH STUDIES
DEGREE LEVEL
ENGLISH STUDIES
FORMA
MODE
STUDIÓW/STUDY
MA STUDIES
FULL-TIME STUDIES
BASIC CONTENT
YEAR 1, WINTER SEMESTER
DR EWA KONIECZNA
COURSE FORMAT
YEAR AND SEMESTER
NAME OF THE TEACHER
COURSE OBJECTIVES
The aim of the course is to make students familiar with the most important terms of
sociolinguistics and with the basic methods of sociolinguistic analysis. The course is intended
to prepare students for the understanding of language functioning in the society.
PREREQUISITES
KNOWLEDGE OF ENGLISH AT AN ADVANCED LEVEL
HAVING GENERAL BACKGROUND IN LINGUISTICS
KNOWLEDGE:
LEARNING OUTCOMES
BY THE END OF THE COURSE THE STUDENT CAN DEFINE BASIC
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SOCIAL FACTORS AND LINGUISTIC
FEATURES OF LANGUAGE USERS
SKILLS:
BY THE END OF THE COURSE THE STUDENT IS ABLE TO POINT
OUT THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL FACTOR ON THE PHONETIC,
MORPHOLOGICAL AND SYNTACTIC STRUCTURE
FINAL COURSE OUTPUT - SOCIAL COMPETENCES
THE STUDENT:
- IS ABLE TO COMMUNICATE COHERENTLY HIS CRITICAL OPINIONS
- IS AWARE OF THE LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY RESULTING FROM
CULTURAL AND SOCIAL DIFFERENCES
COURSE ORGANISATION –LEARNING FORMAT AND NUMBER OF HOURS
LECTURES – 15 HOURS
COURSE DESCRIPTION
LECTURES
Introducing basic terms: geographical and social dialect, accent, style, register
Language and social class. Phonetic lexical and grammatical features of chosen
2
2
sociolects.
Language and gender: grammatical gender, linguistic taboo, conversational styles
Langauge and ethnic group: identifying function of language, bi- and
multilingualism
Language and contact: pidgins and creoles
Linguistically conditioned language change
Diglossia, code-switching and code-mixing
Final test
METHODS OF INSTRUCTION
LECTURES
REQUIREMENTS AND ASSESSMENTS
GRADING SYSTEM
TOTAL STUDENT WORKLOAD
NEEDED TO ACHIEVE EXPECTED
LEARNING OUTCOMES EXPRESSED
IN TIME AND ECTS CREDIT POINTS
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
INTERNSHIP
MATERIALS
2
2
2
2
2
1
PARTICIPATION IN LECTURES, WRITTEN TESTS.
The final grade is assigned on the basis of a positive
outcome of final tests; the pass level is 60% for each
test.
LECTURES: 15 HOURS
PREPARATION FOR THE CLASSES AND TESTS: 45
HOURS
TOTAL WORKLOAD: 60 HOURS
ECTS POINTS: 2
ENGLISH
NOT APPLICABLE
PRIMARY OR REQUIRED BOOKS/READINGS:
Romaine, S. (1994) Language in Society. Oxford: OUP
Trudgill, P. (2000) Sociolinguistics: an introduction to
language and society.London: Penguin books
Holmes, J. (1994) An Introduction to Sociolinguistics.
London: Longman.