Sociolinguistics

Course Information
TitleΚοινωνιογλωσσολογία / Sociolinguistics
CodeΓλ 550
FacultyPhilosophy
SchoolEnglish Language and Literature
Cycle / Level2nd / Postgraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter/Spring
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID600016495

Programme of Study: PMS THEŌRĪTIKĪS KAI EFARMOSMENĪS GLŌSSOLOGIAS

Registered students: 6
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
GLŌSSOLOGIAElective CoursesWinter/Spring-10

Class Information
Academic Year2023 – 2024
Class PeriodSpring
Faculty Instructors
Class ID
600248874
Course Type 2021
Specialization / Direction
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • English (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
1. Students will get familiar with different approaches and theories in sociolinguistics. 2. Students will be able to critically assess sociolinguistic theories. 3. Students will be able to apply sociolinguistic methods to the study of the relation between language and gender. 4. Students will be able to carry out independent research about specific sociolinguistic topics.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in teams
  • Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
  • Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
The course explores basic approaches and methods in sociolinguistics, focusing on the relation between language and gender. More specifically, the first part of the course examines the history of sociolinguistics, the relation between sociolinguistics and social theory, studies on multilingualism and language contact, language variation and change and talk-in-interaction. The second part of the course focuses on the relation between gender, language and social practice, and examines the following issues: gender and language variation, gender and language contact, and performing gender identities in talk-in-interaction.
Keywords
language and society, gender, social practice, identity, interaction
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Video lectures
  • Interactive excersises
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures391.4
Reading Assigment782.8
Written assigments1585.7
Total27510
Student Assessment
Description
Assessment methods: (a) Research paper (70%) (b) Oral presentation (20%) (c) Participation (10%)
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
  • Performance / Staging (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Eckert, P. and S. McConnell-Ginet. (2003). Language and Gender. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Wodak, R., B. Johnstone, and P. E. Kerswill. (2011). The SAGE Handbook of Sociolinguistics. London: Sage.
Additional bibliography for study
Προαιρετική βιβλιογραφία (ενδεικτική): Εβδομάδα 1: Ιστορία της Κοινωνιογλωσσολογίας Gumperz, J. J. (2001). Interactional sociolinguistics: A personal perspective. In D. Schiffrin, D. Tannen and H. Hamilton (Eds.), The Handbook of Discourse Analysis, pp. 215–28. Malden, MA: Blackwell. Johnstone, B. (2000). Qualitative Methods in Sociolinguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Kress, G. (2001). From Saussure to critical sociolinguistics: The turn towards a social view of language. In M. Wetherell, S. Taylor, and S. Yates (Eds.), Discourse Theory and Practice: A Reader, pp. 29-38. London: Sage. Saville Troike, M. (1982). The Ethnography of Communication. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. Εβδομάδα 2: Κοινωνιογλωσσολογία και Κοινωνική Θεωρία Appadurai, A. (1996). Modernity at Large: Cultural Dimensions of Globalization. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. Goffman, E. (1981). Footing. In Forms of Talk, pp. 124-157. Blackwell. Heritage, J. (2001). Goffman, Garfinkel and conversation analysis. In M. Wetherell, S. Taylor, and S. Yates (Eds.), Discourse Theory and Practice: A Reader, pp. 47-56. London: Sage. Hall, S. (1997). The work of representation. In S. Hall (Ed.), Representation: Cultural Representation and Signifying Practices. London: Sage. Εβδομάδα 3: Γλωσσική Ποικιλότητα και Αλλαγή Eckert, P. (2000). Linguistic Variation as Social Practice. Malden, MA: Blackwell. Eckert, P. and McConnell-Ginet, S. (1992). Think practically and look locally: Language and gender as community-based practice. Annual Review of Anthropology 21: 461-488. Labov, W. (2001). Principles of Linguistic Change. Vol. 2, Social Factors. Oxford: Blackwell. Schilling-Estes, N. (2008). Sociolinguistic fieldwork. In R. Bayley and C. Lucas (Eds.), Sociolinguistic Variation: Theories, Methods, and Applications, pp.165-89. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Εβδομάδα 4: Πολυγλωσσία και Γλωσσική Επαφή Auer, P. (Ed.) (1998). Code-Switching in Conversation: Language, Interaction and Identity. London/New York: Routledge. Hall, K. and Nilep. (2015). Code switching, identity and globalization. Handbook of Discourse Studies. In D. Tannen, H. E. Hamilton, and D. Schiffrin (Eds.), The Handbook of Discourse Analysis (2nd Edition). Wiley-Blackwell. Heller, M. (1992). The politics of codeswitching and language choice. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 13(1-2): 123-42. Εβδομάδα 5: Γλωσσική Διεπίδραση Hutchby, I. and Wooffitt, R. (1998) Conversation Analysis: Principles, Practices and Applications. Cambridge: Polity Press. Schegloff, E. A. (1986). The routine as achievement. Human Studies 9: 111-51. Schegloff, E. A. (1997). Whose text? Whose context? Discourse and Society 8: 165-87. Schiffrin, D. (1994) Approaches to Discourse. London: Blackwell. Εβδομάδα 6: Γλώσσα και Φύλο ως Κοινωνικές Πρακτικές Gal, S. (1991). Between speech and silence: The problematics of research on language and gender. In Gender at the Crossroads of Knowledge: Feminist Anthropology in the Postmodern Era, pp. 175-203. Berkeley: University of California Press. Goffman, E. (1977). The arrangement between the sexes. Theory and Society 4: 301-332. Ochs, E. (1992). Indexing gender. In A. Duranti and C. Goodwin (Eds.), Rethinking context: Language as an interactive phenomenon, pp. 335-358. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Εβδομάδα 7: Φύλο, Γλωσσικές Ποικιλίες και Γλωσσική Αλλαγή Gal, S. (1978). Peasant men can’t get wives: Language and sex roles in a bilingual community. Language in Society 7(1): 1-17. Zentella, A.C. (1987). Language and female identity in the Puerto Rican community. In J. Penfield (Ed.), Women and Language in Transition, pp. 167-179. Albany: SUNY Press. Coates, J. (1986). Women, Men and Language. London: Longman. Chapter 8. Eckert, P. (1988). Adolescent social structure and the spread of linguistic change. Language in Society 17(2): 183-208. Labov, W. (1990). The intersection of sex and social class in the course of linguistic change. Language Variation and Change 2: 205-251. Εβδομάδα 8: Φύλο και Γλωσσική Διεπίδραση I Alvanoudi, A. (2015). The routine achievement of gender in Greek conversation. Gender and Language, 9(1): 11-31. Hall, K. and O’Donovan, V. (1996). Shifting gender positions among Hindi-speaking hijras. In V. Bergvall, J. Bing and A. Freed (Eds.), Rethinking language and gender research: Theory and practice, pp. 228-266. London/New York: Longman. Kitzinger, C. (2005). Speaking as a heterosexual: (How) does sexuality matter for talk-in-interaction. Research on Language and Social Interaction 38(3): 221-265. Speer, S. A. and Stokoe, E. (Eds.) (2011). Conversation and gender. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Εβδομάδα 9: Φύλο και Γλωσσική Διεπίδραση II Eckert, P. (1990). Cooperative competition in adolescent girl talk. Discourse Processes 13: 92-122. Holmes, J. (1995). Women, Men and Politeness. London and New York: Longman. Chapters 2, 3, 4. Ide, S. (1982). Japanese sociolinguistics: politeness and women’s language. Lingua 57: 357-385. Tannen, D. (1989). Interpreting interruption in conversation. Paper presented at the 25th annual meeting of the Chicago Linguistics Society. Part 2: Parasession on Language and Context, University of Chicago. Zimmerman, Don and West, Candace. 1975. Sex roles, interruptions and silences in conversation. In Thorne and Henley (Eds.), Language and Sex: Difference and Dominance. pp. 105-129.
Last Update
09-12-2023