COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIOLINGUISTICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIL 2007 SOCIOLINGUISTICS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR GÜLSÜM SONGÜL ERCAN

Offered to

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to deal with the relation between language and society within the contexts such as language variety, dialect, accent, pidgin, creole, diglossia, bilungalism, multilingualism, social stratification, class, ethnicity, code-mixing, code-switching, language planning, language reform, ideology, and social power and have the students comprehend the relation said.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   the student is expected to be able to define the basic concepts relating sociolinguistics
2   the student is expected to be able to explain the relation between language and society thoroughly
3   the student is expected to be able to prepare the outline of a sociolinguistic research
4   the student is expected to be able to compare and contrast the relationship between language and social class, ethnicity, social stratification and such.
5   the student is expected to be able to commenting on and criticizing a sociolinguistic research
6   the student is expected to be able to draw conclusions making use of the findings about the relation between language and society

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The relation between language and society. Domains of socioliguistics. The disciplines related to socioliguistics .
2 Language choice in multi lingual societies: Diglossia and Heteroglossia
3 Language choice in multi lingual societies: Code-swithcing and code-mixing
4 Language shift, language loss, and language death
5 Language maintanence and language revival
6 Linguistic variables: vernacular, lingua franca, official language and standard language
7 Linguistic variables: pidgin and creole languages
8 Mid-term exam
9 National language, language reform and language planning
10 Regional and social varieties; Bernstein s Code Theory (1971)
11 The relation between language, gender and age
12 Ethnicity and social networks
13 Language change
14 Language variable: Style, context and register

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Bonvillain, N. (1997). Language, Culture and Communication. New Jersey: Prentice Hall Inc.
2. Holmes, J. (2008). An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. England: Pearson.
3. Trudgill, P. (1985). Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language and Society. Reading: Cox & Wyman Ltd.
4. Wardhaugh, R. (2011). An introduction to sociolinguistics (Vol. 28). John Wiley & Sons.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1- Lecture
2- Presentation
3- Question and answer
4- Discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Learning outcomes 1-6 will be evaluated via the questions asked in the mid-termexam, final exam and assignments.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70% class attendance is obligatory.
2. Absence from classes will not be considered as an excuse for late submission of the homework assignments/projects.
3. Cheating and plagiarism attempts in assignments and exams will be evaluated with a 0 (zero) grade.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparing assignments 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 13 13
Final 1 1,5 2
Midterm 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.15
LO.2
LO.3555
LO.45555
LO.5555
LO.6

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