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| IDE5570 | Sociolinguistics | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of WESTERN LANGUAGES and LITERATURE | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | Asst. Prof. Dr.ALI SUKRU OZBAY | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The aim of this lesson to provide students with a sound, basic coverage of most of the topics dealt with in courses described as either 'Sociolinguistics' or 'The Sociology of Language', and make them familiar with topics in the field. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | Talk about language, dialects, varieties. | 11,12,13 | 1,5 | | PO - 2 : | Talk about pidgin and creole languages. | 11,12,13 | 1,5 | | PO - 3 : | Talk about regional and social variation. | 11,12,13 | 1,5 | | PO - 4 : | Talk about what speech communities are and what their characteristics are. | 11,12,13 | 1,5 | | PO - 5 : | Talk about the relationships between language and culture. | 11,12,13 | 1,5 | | PO - 6 : | Talk about the relationships between language and society. | 11,12,13 | 1,5 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Introduction : Our Knowledge of Language; The Problem of Variation; The Scientific Investigation of Language; Relationships Between Lan¬guage and Society; Sociolinguistics and the Sociology of Language; Some Basic Methodological Concerns; Language, Dialects, and Varieties: Language and Dialects; Regional Dialects; Social Dialects; Pidgin and Creole Languages : Lingua Francas; Pidgins and Creoles; Geographical Distribution and Linguistic Characteristics; Theories of Origin; From Pidgin to Creole and Beyond; Choosing a Code : Diglossia; Bilingualism and Multilingualism; Code Choice, Code-switching, and Code-mixing; Speech Communities : Definitions; Intersecting Communities; Networks and Repertoires; Regional and Social Variation : Regional Variation; The Linguistic Variable; Relating Linguistic Variation to Social Variation; The Collection and Analysis of Data; Variation Studies: Some Findings and Issues; Language Change : The Traditional View; Some Changes in Progress; The Mechanisms of Change; Language and Culture: The Whorfian Hypothesis; Kinship Systems; Color Terminology; Prototype Theory; Taboo and Euphemism. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction. | | | Week 2 | Language, dialects, varieties. | | | Week 3 | Pidgins and creoles. | | | Week 4 | Choosing a code. | | | Week 5 | Speech communities. | | | Week 6 | Regional and social variation. | | | Week 7 | Language change. | | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 9 | Language and culture. | | | Week 10 | Ethnography and ethnomethodology. | | | Week 11 | Acting and conversing. | | | Week 12 | Language and sex. | | | Week 13 | Language and disadvantage. | | | Week 14 | Language planning. | | | Week 15 | Language planning. | | | Week 16 | Final exam. | | | |
| 1 | Wardhaugh, R. 1986. An introduction to sociolinguistics. Basil Blackwell: Oxford | | | |
| 1 | Spolsky, B. (1998). Sociolinguistics. Oxford: OUP | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | 24/04/2016 | 1,5 | 30 | | Project | 11 | 02/05/2016 | 1 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 15 | 24/05/2016 | 1,5 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 12 | 7 | 84 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Proje | 10 | 1 | 10 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 10 | 7 | 70 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 210 |
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