Общее языкознание и история лингвистических учений: глобализация и языковое разнообразие

Магистратура 2019/2020

Статус: Курс обязательный (Языковая политика в условиях этнокультурного разнообразия)

Направление: 45.04.02. Лингвистика

Кто читает: Школа филологических наук

Где читается: Факультет гуманитарных наук

Когда читается: 2-й курс, 1 модуль

Формат изучения: без онлайн-курса

Преподаватели: Бергельсон Мира Борисовна

Прогр. обучения: Языковая политика в условиях этнокультурного разнообразия

Язык: английский

Кредиты: 3

Контактные часы: 24

Full Syllabus

Abstract

In this course, we will examine how multilingual language use has become part of the social fabric of the globalized everyday life with reference to language policy and planning in different countries. More specifically, we will investigate the specificities and draw comparisons of different language rights and how they are implemented in various parts of the world. In addition, attention will be paid on the challenges that policy-makers face in their attempts to regulate language behaviour of individuals or groups. We will also look at factors as well as the process that contribute language inequality: promoting national/official languages while disregarding language varieties of minority groups in the multilingual environment of today’s globalized world.

Learning Objectives

To familiarize students with the multifaceted processes of language function in a globalized world - To teach students how to analyze factors that give rise to various instances of language inequality in contemporary multilingual societies

Expected Learning Outcomes

By the end of this section students will have obtained central concepts in relation to language in today’s complex multilingual society
By the end of this section students will have analyzed in depth various cases of language rights of immigrants/refugees
By the end of this section students will have learned about major research directions in language in the age of globalization

Course Contents

Introduction – basic concepts
Language in modern world
Language in modern world.
Language(s) of migrants and refugees. Language rights as Human rights. Analyzing LADO
Current trends in Globalizing sociolinguistics
Urban superdiversity. Linguianomics

Assessment Elements

Class participation
Student presentation
Final exam

Interim Assessment

Interim assessment (1 module)
0.2 * Class participation + 0.5 * Final exam + 0.3 * Student presentation

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

Coupland, N. (2010). The Handbook of Language and Globalization. Malden, Mass: Wiley-Blackwell. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=330498

Recommended Additional Bibliography

Piller, I. (2016). Linguistic Diversity and Social Justice : An Introduction to Applied Sociolinguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1134754
Victor Ginsburgh, & Shlomo Weber. (2016). The Palgrave Handbook of Economics and Language. ULB Institutional Repository. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrep&AN=edsrep.p.ulb.ulbeco.2013.277408

Course Syllabus