Бакалавриат 2021/2022

Язык и общество

Лучший по критерию «Новизна полученных знаний»

Статус: Курс по выбору (Социология и социальная информатика)

Направление: 39.03.01. Социология

Кто читает: Департамент социологии

Где читается: Санкт-Петербургская школа социальных наук

Когда читается: 3-й курс, 1, 2 модуль

Формат изучения: без онлайн-курса

Охват аудитории: для своего кампуса

Преподаватели: Баранова Влада Вячеславовна

Язык: английский

Кредиты: 5

Контактные часы: 48

Course Syllabus

Abstract

This course will provide an overview of the field of sociolinguistics.This course focuses on the case of language as social category. It focuses on the interaction of language with society and the individual. The course examines variations in language that are determined by age, social status, gender, and region, ethnic and cultural identity.

Learning Objectives

• to develop a critical understanding of how linguistic diversity can be managed in various social settings, including multiethnic workplace, media, court, the education of linguistic minority and urban space.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• be able to explain the role of the language in social structures
• understand the central theories and methods in sociolinguistics
• use the most important terms and concepts of language planning and sociolinguistics to analyze language environment and explain their decision about policies at school, at home, at work, city street

Course Contents

• Methods of sociology of language
• Social and language variables
• Language and Poverty
• Language and age
• Language and Mobility
• Multilingualism and urban space
• Multilingual society in Russia

Assessment Elements

• Homework Projects
• Seminar Participation
• Empirical Study Essay
• Presentation
• Homework Projects
• Seminar Participation
• Empirical Study Essay
• Presentation

Interim Assessment

• 2021/2022 2nd module
  0.25 * Homework Projects + 0.25 * Empirical Study Essay + 0.25 * Seminar Participation + 0.25 * Presentation

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Smakman, D., & Heinrich, P. (2018). Urban Sociolinguistics : The City As a Linguistic Process and Experience (Vol. First edition). Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=nlebk&AN=1585404

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Van Herk, G. (2017). What Is Sociolinguistics? Vol. Second edition. Wiley-Blackwell.