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Root number
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492932 |
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Semester
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FS2025 |
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Type of course
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Seminar |
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Allocation to subject
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English Languages and Literatures |
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Type of exam
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not defined |
| Title |
The Sociolinguistic Canon (BA FS Seminar Language and Linguistics) |
| Description |
Sociolinguistics began to emerge as a coherent discipline in the 1960s. As a result of adverse theoretical developments in linguistics and dialectology, and motivated by the civil rights movement, scholars began to take the role of society much more seriously than ever before in the way they theorised and analysed language structure. Sixty years later, much progress has been made in our understanding of the language-society nexus, but we still, nevertheless, often return to, and refer to, some of the earlier key works in the field - the sociolinguistic canon.
In this BA seminar, we’ll explore some of these seminal papers together; the oft cited, replicated, rebuked, and venerated research pieces that have shaped the field’s current form. The seminar is divided into three sections: we’ll begin by critically reflecting on theoretically important papers in the discipline, then focus on methodologically significant studies, before finally looking towards the future, examining papers which are taking the discipline in new directions.
Required Reading: Will be uploaded to ILIAS prior to the start of term. There will be a key sociolinguistic article to read every week. |
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ILIAS-Link (Learning resource for course)
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Registrations are transmitted from CTS to ILIAS (no admission in ILIAS possible).
ILIAS
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| Lecturers |
Prof. Dr.
David Britain, Institute of English Languages and Literatures ✉
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Dr.
Hannah Joy Black Hedegard, Institute of English Languages and Literatures ✉
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ECTS
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4 |
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Recognition as optional course possible
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Yes |
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Grading
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passed/failed |
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| Dates |
Wednesday 14:15-16:00 Weekly
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Wednesday 28/5/2025 14:15-18:00
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Rooms
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