UNIVERSITY OF GUJRAT

ENG-307: Sociolinguistics

Course Code:ENG-307 Course Title: Sociolinguistics

Year: 2011 Semester: Fall, 2011
Instructors Name: Moazzam Ali Office (Room No): A110
E-mail: moazzam.ali@uog.edu.pk Office Hours: 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Website: www.uogenglish.wordpress.com

Course Description The course is about the study of the relationship between
language and society. It would also highlight the various
functions that a language performs in a society.
Course Type: Elective
(Compulsory/Core/Elective)

Pre-requisites General reading of the topics like Society, Language & Culture

Goals The students will develop in-depth understanding of key

areas in Sociolinguistics.
The students will be able to take issues critically and
conduct practical thinking and analysis.

Text Book Wardhaugh, R. 1986, An Introduction to Sociolinguistics,

Oxford: Basil Blackwell
Teachers Notes

Additional Readings Stockwell, P. 2003, Sociolinguistics: A resource book for

students, London: Routledge
Hudson, R.A. 1996, Sociolinguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press

Trudgill, Peter. Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language

and Society. 2nd ed. Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1983.

Trudgill, Peter. Introducing Language and Society, London:

Penguin. 1992.
Lectures 32 sessions of 45 minutes each

Attendance Policy A minimum of 70% attendance is required for a student to

be eligible to take the final examination.
The students with less than 70% of the attendance in a course

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 shall be given the grade SA (Short Attendance) in such a course
and shall not be allowed to take its End Term Exams and will
have to reappear in the course to get the required attendance to
be eligible to sit in the exam when the course is offered the next
time.
Grading The course will be evaluated on the basis of the following
percentage:
Mid Term 25%
Sessional work 25%
o Presentation/Practical 10%
o Assignment/Practical 10%
o Quizzes 05%
Final term 50%
Quizzes, Assignments and Presentation : 7th , 10th & 11th Week
Presentation Schedule Quizzes: 14th Week
(tentative) Assignments: 15th Week

Session Schedule

Sessions/ Topics Readings

Lectures
1&2 An Introduction to Sociolinguistics 1st Chapter of the Text Book
The Scientific Investigation of Language
Relationship between language and society
Sociolinguistics and sociology of
linguistics
3& 4 Language and Dialect 2nd Chapter of the Text Book
Register and Style
5&6 Pidgin and Creole- An Introduction Trudgill, Peter. Introducing
Theories of origin of pidgin to Creole
Language and Society, London:
Penguin. 1992. ( for definitions)
3rd Chapter of the Text Book
7&8 Language Diversity and Speech 4th & 5th Chapter of the Text
Communities Book
Bilingualism and Multilingualism Teachers Notes
Dimensions, Manifestations and Effects of
Bilingualism
9&10 Diaglossia and Bilingualism Articles and Teachers Notes
Language Choice: Domain Theory

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 Code choice: Code-switching, Code-
mixing
11&12 Borrowing Articles and Teachers Notes
Difference between Code-switching and
Borrowing
Social Factors involved in Code-switching
and Borrowing

13&14 Variation and Change 7th Chapter of the Text Book

Regional Variation
Relating Linguistic Variation to Social
Variation
15&16 Presentations & Mid Term Examination
17&18 Language, Culture and Thought 9th Chapter of the Text Book &
Linguistic and Cultural relativity Teachers Notes
Language and Thought
The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
19&20 Social Functions of Language Trudgill, Peter. Introducing
Solidarity and Politeness
Language and Society, London:
Tu and Vous
Address Terms Penguin. 1992. (for definitions)
11th Chapter of the Text Book
21&22 Presentations
23&24 Presentations
Discussion on Assignments
25&26 Language and Gender 1 Articles & Teachers Notes
Male-Female Language Differences
13th Chapter of the Text Book
Language and Gender 2
Linguistic inequality
27&28 Discourse Analysis Teachers Notes
Power and Ideology in Language
29&30 Stereotypes Teachers Notes
Analysing Discourse- News Article
New, National and International Englishes
South Asian Englishes
31&32 Ethnography and Ethno-methodology 12th Chapter of the Text Book
Conversational Style
Asymmetrical Talk
Revision